[Histonet] Melanin, fast red, and a counterstain

[MVaughan4 <@t> ucok.edu]

Thanks to everyone who answered the questions about melanin pigment. It 
seems most of you use a red pigmented chromogen to demonstrate IHC 
staining that will be easy to differentiate from melanin. I should have 
asked this question at the same time: do the red chromogens work all right 
with a hematoxylin counterstain, with a methyl green counterstain, or can 
I do without the counterstain entirely? Thanks again.
Mel
Melville B. Vaughan, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Central Oklahoma
100 N. University Drive
Edmond, OK 73034
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