Quantum dots light up pathology

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-285

  Tholouli, E ^a   Sweeney, E ^b   Barrow, E ^a   Clay, V ^c   Hoyland, J A ^c   Byers, R J ^a,d  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Quantum dots; Spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MACROGOL; QUANTUM DOT; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BIOSENSOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL VIABILITY; CONJUGATION; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 55249101753     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2421     Document Type: Review

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