A microwave technique for double indirect immunostaining of human brain tissue cultures with mouse monoclonal antibodies

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Jufas, Nicholas E ^a   Roediger, Ben ^a   Armati, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Immunohistochemistry; Microwaves

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELUTION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELLS, CULTURED; FETUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROWAVES; TUBULIN;

EID: 37549042739     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e31802eeb23     Document Type: Article

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