Quantitative immunocytochemistry at the ultrastructural level: a stereology-based approach to molecular nanomorphomics

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-59

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GOLD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84924527412     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-2038-y     Document Type: Review

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