Technical note: A rapid method for 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) immunostaining in bovine mammary cryosections that retains RNA quality1

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2574-2579

  Choudhary, R K ^a   Daniels, K M ^b   Evock Clover, C M ^b   Garrett, W ^b   Capuco, A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 bromo 2' deoxyuridine; Cryosection; Gene expression; Laser microdissection

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BROXURIDINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DNA; FIXATIVE; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; UDDER; ULTRAMICROTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; DNA; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; RNA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77952987785     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2837     Document Type: Article

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