Antigen Retrieval Using Sodium Hydroxide for Prion Immunohistochemistry in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Scrapie

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-256

  Okada, H ^a   Sato, Y ^b   Sata, T ^b   Sakurai, M ^a   Endo, J ^a   Yokoyama, T ^a   Mohri, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; BSE; Immunohistochemistry; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; OCTOXINOL; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 79953721652     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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