Electron Microscopic Cytochemistry and Immunocytochemistry in Biomedicine

METHODOLOGY: Electron Microscopic Cytochemistry of Enzymes. A Historical Perspective (K. Ogawa). Preservation of Enzymatic Activity and Ultrastructure (A. Fujioka, O. Fukushima, H. Hasegawa, H. Mayahara, V. Mizuhira, M. Notoya, T. Saito, M. Sakai, and I. Tamura). Basic Techniques for Major Groups of Enzymes. Oxidoreductases (K.-I. Hirai, K. Kawai, T. Maeda, G.-Y. Wang, and T. Watabiki. Transferases (T. Amemiya, H. Kaiya, T. Makita, and A. Mizutani). Hydrolases (N. Araki, M.E. Bentfeld-Barker, B. Csillik, K. Fujimoto, R. Gossrau, K. Hayashi, M. Hayashi, K. Inomata, S. Kanamura, H. Mayahara, K.S. Ogawa, J.M. Robinson, H. Seguchi, K. Taniguchi, S. Ueno, and K. Yamamoto). Lyases (N. Sugai). Electron Microscopic Immunocytochemistry. A Historical Perspective (T. Barka). Preservation of Immunoreactivity and Ultrastructure (M. Mizuno). Major Visualization Techniques. Ferritin Techniques (T. Fujimoto). Immunoelectron Microscopy by Enzyme-Labeled Antibodies (P.K. Nakane). The Use of Avidin-Biotin Interaction in Immunocytochemistry and Immunoelectron Microscopy (S.-M. Hsu). Colloidal Gold Methods (S. Hisano and S. Daikoku). Electron Microscopic Immunocytochemistry of Neuropeptides and Neurotransmitters (Y. Ibata). Lectin Histochemistry and Cytochemistry (H. Kawakami and H. Hirano). In Situ Hybridization at the Electron Microscope Level (B.A. Hamkalo and S. Narayanswami). Freeze-Fracture Cytochemistry and Fracture-Flip Cytochemistry (K. Fujimoto). ELECTRON Microscopic Cytochemistry Under the Scanning Electron MicroscopE (K. Takata, F. Nishiyama, Y. Akimoto, and H. Hirano). Electron Microscopic Cytochemistry Under the High-Voltage Electron Microscope (T. Noda). Analytical Color Fluorescence Electron Microscopy (T. Nakano and G. Ning). MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC CYTOCHEMISTRY AND IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY TO BIOMEDICINE. Cell Organelles. Applications of Electron Microscopic Cytochemistry and Immunocytochemistry to the Study of the Plasma Membrane (M.C. Willingham). Intercellular Junctions (K. Fujimoto). Cytoskeleton (T. Fujimoto). Contributions of Enzyme Cytochemistry and Immunocytochemistry to Our Understanding of the Organization and Function of the Golgi Apparatus (M.G. Farquar, L. Hendricks, T. Noda, and A. Velasco). Lysosomes (M. Sakai and N. Araki). Peroxisomes (H.D. Fahimi and E. Baumgart). Mitochondria (T. Makita). Endocrine Organs. Contributions of Ultrastructural Cytochemistry to Our Understanding of Anterior Pituitary Cytophysiology (G.V. Childs). Adrenal Gland (V.H. Black and S.W. Carmichael). Cytochemistry and Immunocytochemistry of the Adrenal Gland (H. Fujita). The Diffuse Endocrine System (S. Van Noorden and J.M. Polak). Cytochemistry and Immunocytochemistry in Classification of Bone Marrow and Blood Cells in Diagnosis of Hematologic Disorders (O. Markovic-Saljinska and N. Markovic). Muscle and Muscle Diseases: Cytochemical and Immunocytochemical Aspects (T. Ogata). The Kidney and its Pathological Alterations (T. Faraggiana and A. Onetti-Muda). Reproductive System. Immunocytochemistry of Secretory and Membrane Proteins of the Seminiferous Epithelium (C.A. Suarez-Quian and M. Dym). Cytochemistry and Immunocytochemistry of the Female Reproductive System and Placenta (Y. Takashima and N. Araki). Immunoelectron Microscopy of Normal and Abnormal Skin (K. Hashimoto and M. Setoyama). Cytochemical Studies on Photoreceptor Cells in the Retina (S. Ueno). Gingiva (Junctional Epithelium) (T. Tanaka). Current Immunomorphologic Practices in Tumor Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Appraisal With Emphasis on Immunolabeling at the Light and Ultrastructural Levels (G.A. Herrera, E.A. Turbat-Herrera, and D. Bradley).Index.
Catalog no. 6012
January 1993, 816 pp., ISBN: 0-8493-6012-9
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