Improving the specificity of immunological detection in aged human brain tissue samples

International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Sun, Anyang ^a,b   Liu, Mei ^c   Bing, Guoying ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Human brain tissues; Immunoblotting; Immunohistochemistry; Nonspecificity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LIPOFUSCIN; POLYSORBATE 20; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 77953371529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19448171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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