Multiple-labelling immunoEM using different sizes of colloidal gold: Alternative approaches to test for differential distribution and colocalization in subcellular structures

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-326

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a   Lucocq, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codistribution; Colloidal gold; Colocalization; Immunoelectron microscopy; Multiple labelling; Quantification; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELLS; COLLOIDS; GOLD; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79955932942     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-011-0788-0     Document Type: Article

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