Morphological confocal microscopy in arthropods and the enhancement of autofluorescence after proteinase k extraction

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-113

  Valdecasas, Antonio G ^a   Abad, Angela ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acari; autofluorescence enhancement; diagnostic morphology; LSCM; proteinase K

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; HYDRACARINA;

PROTEINASE K;

ACARI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY;

ACARI; ANIMALS; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 79956320733     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927610094213     Document Type: Article

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