Nuclear LC3-positive puncta in stressed cells do not represent autophagosomes

BioTechniques

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 241-244

  Buckingham, Erin M ^a   Carpenter, John E ^a   Jackson, Wallen ^a   Grose, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LC3 ANTIBODY; LC3 PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; REAGENT; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL STRESS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; HERPES ZOSTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHAGOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHAGOSOMES;

EID: 84925444895     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000114226     Document Type: Letter

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