Citraconic anhydride: A new antigen retrieval solution

Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-81

  Leong, Anthony S Y ^a   Haffajee, Zenobia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Citraconic anhydride; Citrate buffer; Immunohistology; Microwaves; MiTF; Myogenin; Perforin; RET protein; Tdt; TIA 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649146210     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313020903434439     Document Type: Article

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