Any histological structure able to reduce silver into a black precipitate (argentaffin reaction) will be stained with the Fontana-Masson procedure. René J.
--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Kalleberg, Kristopher <kristopher.kalleb...@unilever.com> wrote: From: Kalleberg, Kristopher <kristopher.kalleb...@unilever.com> Subject: [Histonet] fontana To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 9:18 AM Does anyone know of anything other than melanin that Fontana Masson would stain? Also, does anyone know of a stain that would label un/saturated fatty acids? Not sure if this is even possible. Thanks in advance. Kris Kalleberg _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet