The intensity of immunogold labeling of deplasticized acrylic sections compared to deplasticized epoxy sections-Theoretical deductions and experimental data

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Brorson, Sverre Henning ^a,b   Reinholt, Finn P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acrylic resin; Antigen retrieval; Electron microscopy; Epoxy resin; Immunoelectron microscopy; Immunogold

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ANTIGENS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPOXY RESINS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD; METHOXYETHYL ACETATE (MEA); SODIUM ETHOXIDE;

ACRYLICS;

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ANTIBODY; EPOXY RESIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SERUM ALBUMIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; EPOXY RESINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RABBITS; SERUM ALBUMIN; STAINING AND LABELING; THYROGLOBULIN; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 39449087134     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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