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A new en bloc stain for cell membranes: tannic methylamine tungstate
Author(s) -
Skaer R. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1981.tb01285.x
Subject(s) - tannic acid , membrane , staining , stain , chemistry , methylamine , cell wall , preservative , biophysics , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , genetics
SUMMARY A new stain is described that combines the mordanting and preservative effects of tannic acid with very strong staining, particularly of plasma membranes. The staining is sufficiently intense in some cell types to reveal frequent links between the outer and the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane.