Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Staining and Labeling

The marking of biological material with a dye or other reagent for the purpose of identifying and quantitating components of tissues, cells or their extracts.

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Abstract

The marking of biological material with a dye or other reagent for the purpose of identifying and quantitating components of tissues, cells or their extracts.

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7 entry terms
  • Labeling and Staining
  • Histological Labeling
  • Staining
  • Histological Labelings
  • Labeling, Histological
  • Labelings, Histological
  • Stainings

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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History Note

2001(1963)

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  1. E01w.370.225.500.620.670w
  2. E01w.370.225.750.600.670w
  3. E05.200.500.620.670w
  4. E05.200.750.600.670w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Staining and Labeling. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013194. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013194
  2. Staining and Labeling. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staining
  3. Staining and Labeling. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2332446