Cell surface protein detection with immunogold labelling in ESEM: Optimisation of the method and semi-quantitative analysis

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 769-776

  Muscariello, Livio ^a   Rosso, Francesco ^a   Marino, Gerardo ^a   Barbarisi, Manlio ^a   Cafiero, Gennaro ^a   Barbarisi, Alfonso ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GALECTIN 3; RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL SURFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FIBROBLASTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GALECTIN 3; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 38449115043     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21270     Document Type: Article

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