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A new online source of trusted techniques in molecular and cellular biology Contains cutting-edge and classic protocols presented step-by-step with cautions and troubleshooting Frequently updated and annotated Interactive, customizable, and fully searchable Subject Coverage Antibodies Bioinformatics/Genomics Cell Biology Chromatography Computational Biology DNA Delivery/Gene Transfer Electrophoresis Genetics High Throughput Analysis Imaging/Microscopy Immunology Laboratory Organisms Molecular Biology Neuroscience Newly Added Protocols Plant Biology Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Proteins and Proteomics RNA Interference (RNAi)/siRNA Stem Cells Transgenic Technology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is renowned for its teaching of biomedical research techniques. For decades, participants in its celebrated, hands-on courses and users of its laboratory manuals have gained access to the most authoritative and reliable methods in molecular and cellular biology. Now that access has moved online. Visit Cold Spring Harbor Protocols today and discover a rich, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. The site is fully searchable, with many tools that can be customized by users, including topic-based alerting and personal folders. Through a web-based editorial process, users also have the opportunity to add refereed comments to each protocol. Links in the online protocols offer additional resources, and step-by-step instructions print out in a convenient form, complete with materials, cautions, and troubleshooting advice. Each protocol is citable and presented and edited in the style that has made Molecular Cloning, Antibodies, Cells, and many other Cold Spring Harbor manuals essential to the work of scientists worldwide. The current collection of more than 1000 protocols is continuously expanded, updated, and annotated by the originators and users of the techniques. CSH Protocols is created by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in association with HighWire Press of Stanford University. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Executive Editor: Dr. David Crotty ISSN 1559-6095 / online, monthly Available exclusively via institutional site license For pricing information or to request a free trial, visit the website or: Phone:1-800-843-4388 (Continental US and Canada) or 516-422-4100 (all other locations) Fax: 516-422-4097 E-mail:cshpress@cshl.edu or Website: www.cshlpress.com Write: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 500 Sunnyside Blvd., Woodbury, NY 11797-2924
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4th Edition By John A. Kiernan The chemical and physical principles of fixation, staining, and histochemistry in one volume! Now in its fourth edition, Histological and Histochemical Methods has been expanded and updated with the latest techniques and developments within the field, whilst retaining the details of the classic techniques still in use. The relations of chemical structures and reactions to fixation, tissue processing, staining, enzyme location, immunohistochemistry and other procedures are explained in simple, practical terms. This book is recommended for lecturers and students in biological and biomedical disciplines using histological and histochemical techniques. Postgraduate researchers will find this to be the ideal laboratory companion, as will medical laboratory technologists preparing for their professional examinations. Every histopathology laboratory should have a copy. 2008, 606 pp., Bibliography, Glossary, Index Paperback: $75.00 ISBN 978-1-904842-422 CONTENTS 1. Introduction to microtechnique 2. Fixation 3. Decalcification and other treatments for hard tissues 4. Processing and mounting 5. Dyes 6. Histological staining in one or two colours 7. Staining blood and other cell suspensions 8. Methods for connective tissue 9. Methods for nucleic acids 10. Organic functional groups and protein histochemistry 11. Carbohydrate histochemistry 12. Lipids 13. Methods for inorganic ions 14. Enzyme histochemistry: general considerations 15. Hydrolytic enzymes 16. Oxidoreductases 17. Methods for soluble organic compounds of low molecular weight 18. Metal reduction and precipitation methods 19. Immunohistochemistry 20. Miscellaneous data Bibliography Glossary Index To order or request additional information: Call: 1-866-854-3301 (Continental US and Canada) Fax: 516-422-4097 Email: USorders@scionpublishing.com WWW Site: www.scionpublishing.com Write: Scion Publishing Ltd., 500 Sunnyside Blvd., Woodbury, NY 11797-2924