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A method of localising oestrogen receptor in nuclei of breast cancer cells by the protein A-gold technique is described. Mast cell granules were found to take up uncoated particles of the gold sol selectively.
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Walsh, P.J., Teasdale, J. & Cowen, P.N. Ultrastructural localisation of oestrogen receptor in breast cancer cell nuclei. Histochemistry 95, 205–207 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266594
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