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. 1963 Sep;6(5):450–452.1.

Rhodamine-Conjugated Papain as a Counterstain in Fluorescence Microscopy

W R M Alexander, J L Potter
PMCID: PMC1423284  PMID: 14069721

Abstract

A new method of counterstaining unfixed tissue for fluorescence microscopy is described. The method depends upon the reaction of crude papain, labelled with a fluorescent dye, with nuclear and cytoplasmic constituents of tissue cells.

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