[Histonet] Staining on Alcohol Fixed Smears.

2013-12-14 Thread Levi Fried
Hi Everyone. I am looking to stain alcohol fixed smears with a group of antibodies. The antibodies of particular interest are p63, p53 and ki67. Along with these antibodies I am looking for positive nuclear and cytoplastic staining antibodies. If anyone has any experience in staining alcohol

[Histonet] Re: Staining on Alcohol Fixed Smears

2013-12-14 Thread Beth Cox
Levi, I've worked up most of the more common antibodies on alcohol fixed smears. There are two things to remember here: 1) your specimens are alcohol fixed, meaning antigen retrieval needs are different, and 2) they are smears, meaning the cells weren't 'cut open' during microtomy, which