RE: [Histonet] Stain for iodine?

2009-05-05 Thread Connolly, Brett M
tonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Monfils, Paul Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:43 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Stain for iodine? Just a suggestion. Haven't tried it. A classic method for demonstrating starch is exposure to iodine, resulting in a dark

RE: [Histonet] Stain for iodine?

2009-05-05 Thread Monfils, Paul
Just a suggestion. Haven't tried it. A classic method for demonstrating starch is exposure to iodine, resulting in a dark purple to black precipitate. I wonder if you could use the technique in reverse, so to speak, and stain the iodine by exposure to a starch solution??

Re: [Histonet] Stain for iodine?

2009-05-05 Thread Rene J Buesa
As you point out TEM would be one way. Perhaps Frozen sections could allow you to visualize iodine crystals, but completely rule out the paraffin way because the iodine will dissolve during processing. René J. --- On Tue, 5/5/09, Connolly, Brett M wrote: From: Connolly, Brett M Subject: [Hist