Mapping the distributions and quantifying the labelling intensities of cell compartments by immunoelectron microscopy: Progress towards a coherent set of methods

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-660

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell compartments; Immunogold electron microscopy; Labelling density; Membranes; Multilabelling; Organelles; Relative labelling index; Specific labelling

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN FUNCTION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL LABELING; CELL ORGANELLE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LABELING INDEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLING; WILD TYPE;

CELL COMPARTMENTATION; GOLD COLLOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; ORGANELLES;

EID: 81255127453     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01438.x     Document Type: Review

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