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Staining and Labeling

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Definition: The marking of biological material with a dye or other reagent for the purpose of identifying and quantitating components of tissues, cells or their extracts.     
See Also Coloring Agents
Examples Chromosome Banding; In Situ Hybridization; Negative Staining; Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Techniques; Prussian Blue Reaction; Shadowing (Histology); Silver Staining 		Other names Staining; Histological Labeling; Stainings; Labelings, Histological; Labeling, Histological; Labeling and Staining; Histological Labelings
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
avidin-horseradish peroxidase complex  0   *Avidin *Horseradish Peroxidase Staining and Labeling. Neuroscience 1993 Sep;56(1):129-37
Romanowsky-Giemsa stain  0   *Azure Stains *Eosine Yellowish-(YS) Coloring Agents Indicators and Reagents Staining and Labeling. Histochem J 1985;17(3):263
May-Grunwald Giemsa  0   *Eosine Yellowish-(YS) *Methylene Blue Indicators and Reagents Staining and Labeling.
Pharma Action Coloring Agents 		Basic Appl Histochem 1984;28(3):265
Gram's stain  0   *Gentian Violet *Phenazines Staining and Labeling. Arch Intern Med 1982;142(10):1858

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