Troubleshooting tissue specificity and antibody selection: Procedures in immunohistochemical studies

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-135

  Daneshtalab, Noriko ^a   Doré, Jules J E ^a   Smeda, John S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Background check; Fixation methods; Frozen section; Immunohistochemistry; Middle cerebral arteries

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; FLUOROCHROME; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL; TRYPSIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIUM; FROZEN SECTION; HEAT TREATMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE FIXATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 77950546566     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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