[Histonet] Bouin's fixative

[Bernice Frederick]

We rinse it in running water.

Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP)
Northwestern University
Pathology Core Facility
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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Geoff
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Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 3:05 PM
To: Anthony.Gatt <@t> jefferson.edu
Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Bouin's fixative

It is important to wash excess picrates out of the tissue after Bouin's 
fixation. Most people use several changes of 50% ethanol, one hour each. 
I suppose the "leaching buffer" is intended to do the same thing?

Geoff

Anthony Gatt wrote:
> Hi. I was given a protocol for Drosophila head fixation that involved
Bouin's fixative.  After fixing for 48h, it says to put the samples into a
leaching buffer (50mM Tris/150mM NaCl) overnight.  What is the purpose of
this buffer?
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