MRT Letter: Application of novel "in vivo cryotechnique" in living animal kidneys

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-120

  Li, Zilong ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Wang, Juan ^a   Zhai, Xiaoyue ^a   Wang, Lining ^a   Ohno, Nobuhiko ^b   Ohno, Shinichi ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fixation method; Glomerular structure; Immunohistochemistry; In vivo cryotechnique

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MICROWAVE HEATING; PROTEINS;

AQUAPORINS; FIXATION METHODS; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; IN VIVO CRYOTECHNIQUE; IN-VIVO; MICROWAVE TREATMENT; PROXIMAL TUBULES;

FREEZING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84873076964     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22149     Document Type: Article

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