The post-embedding method for immunoelectron microscopy of mammalian tissues: A standardized procedure based on heat-induced antigen retrieval

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 657, Issue , 2010, Pages 237-248

  Yamashita, Shuji ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron staining with tannic acid; Heat induced antigen retrieval; Immunoelectron microscopy; LR White; Mammalian tissue; Post embedding method; Universal fixatives

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; COLLOIDAL GOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; STANDARD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; GOLD COLLOID; HOT TEMPERATURE; KIDNEY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 78049493060     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-783-9_19     Document Type: Article

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