silver staining

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Method for visualization of macromolecules such as nucleic acids and proteins, typically in electrophoretic gels or formalin-fixed histological sections, based on the reduction of silver salts to metallic silver or formation of crystalline silver compounds.
See also: Golgi staining
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 905 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'silver staining' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.12075 RIS BibTex EndNote
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