Sirius red and acid fuchsin staining mechanisms

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Nielsen, Lene Feldskov ^a   Moe, Dennis ^a   Kirkeby, Svend ^a   Garbarsch, Charly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acid fuchsin; Collagen; Sirius red F3BA

Indexed keywords

FUCHSINE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031924579     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299809140509     Document Type: Article

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