Developments in cell biology for quantitative immunoelectron microscopy based on thin sections: A review

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-313

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a   Lucocq, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency table and Chi squared analysis; Labelling density; Labelling efficiency; Quantitative immunoelectron microscopy; Relative labelling index

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSOL; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABELING INDEX; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SARCOMERE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; GOLD COLLOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROTOMY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 48749106923     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0451-6     Document Type: Review

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