Lectins for histochemical demonstration of glycans

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-130

  Roth, Jürgen ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colloidal gold; Digoxigenin; Electron microscopy; Histochemistry; Lectins; Light microscopy; Silver amplification

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; CARBOHYDRATE; COLLOIDAL GOLD; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; DIGOXIGENIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; GOLD COMPLEX; HEAVY METAL; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LECTIN; PARAFFIN; SILVER;

CHEMICAL LABELING; CONJUGATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILVER STAINING; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION;

DIGOXIGENIN; GOLD COLLOID; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYSACCHARIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 80052481800     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-011-0848-5     Document Type: Review

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