Pyronin Y as a fluorescent stain for paraffin sections

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 299-303

  Li, Bo ^a   Wu, Ying ^a   Gao, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; DYE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; METHYL GREEN; PARAFFIN; PYRONINE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELASTIC FIBER; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LIVER CELL; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PANCREAS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PYRONINE; STAINING AND LABELING; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038416832     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023325213198     Document Type: Article

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