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counterstain

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counterstain [′kau̇nt·ər‚stān]
(biology)
A second stain applied to a biological specimen to color elements other than those demonstrated by the principal stain.


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24,25,27,28 The nonbound probe is then removed by washing, a nuclear counterstain that weakly fluoresces is added so that the nucleus can be identified, and an antifade is added to retard fluorophore photobleaching.
Karyotype The use of propidium iodide as a counterstain allowed the visualization and identification of chromosome pairs (Fig.
Both can be visualized well against the blue-black nigrosin counterstain (see Figure 3).
 
 
 
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