[Histonet] TRAP assay - acid phosphatase

[Sherwood, Margaret]

Has anybody  used the TRAP assay kit from Sigma for bone?  We want to use it on
mouse tibia for IHC.

If so, 1) can you do it on paraffin and/or frozen sections? 
       2) if you do it on frozens, do you decalcify first?
       3) what type of blade do you use for sectioning on the cryostat?  
       3) what procedure do you follow after sectioning:  do you fix slides
(i.e. acetone, etc.)

Thank you.

Peggy
 
Peggy Sherwood
Lab Associate, Photopathology 
Wellman Center for Photomedicine (EDW 214)
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2696
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