Effects of Varying the Vehicle for OsO4 in Tissue Fixation
Open Access
- 25 September 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 3 (5) , 827-830
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.3.5.827
Abstract
Sucrose, when added to the standard Palade fixative to increase tonicity without increasing Na ions, frequently results in better preservation of larger portions of the block than the other fixation methods evaluated. The method has been found adequate for fixing onion and bean root tips.Keywords
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