Using unfixed, frozen tissues to study natural mucin distribution

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 67, 2012, Pages

  Cohen, Miriam ^a   Varki, Nissi M ^a   Jankowski, Mark D ^b   Gagneux, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Cellular biology; Glycosylation; Imaging; Immunology; Issue 67; Lectins; Medicine; Molecular biology; Mucus; OCT; Sialic acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868283376     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3928     Document Type: Article

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