title: Microwave fixation of nuclear matrix in tumor cells.
abstract: Microwave irradiation provides good fixation of human and animal tissues for light and electron microscopy. In this study, microwave irradiation was used for the fixation of cytoplasmic and nuclear matrix in tumor cells. The nuclear matrix appears well preserved and exhibits a network formed by thick and thin filaments. Hence microwave fixation can be used as a quick and effective method for the study of the morphology of nuclear matrix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Cheng-Chew
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; D002460:Cell Line; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008872:Microwaves; D015530:Nuclear Matrix / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms