Effects of different fixatives on demonstrating epinephrine and ACTH hormones in Tetrahymena

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 261-265

  Csaba, G ^a   Kovacs P ^a   Pallinger E ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ACTH; EDAC; Epinephrine; Glutaraldehyde; Hormones; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

1 ETHYL 3 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL)CARBODIIMIDE; 1-ETHYL-3-(3-DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL)CARBODIIMIDE; ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYANAMIDE; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CARBODIIMIDES; EPINEPHRINE; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ANIMALIA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 74549153450     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520290902984241     Document Type: Article

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