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Method for the Preparation of Autoradiographs with Coverslip Cultures

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AUTORADIOGRAPHIC procedures are being increasingly used in all branches of cell biology. The routine methods are extremely useful with sections and air dried cell suspensions1–4, but the extension of these methods to coverslip cultures has often been unsatisfactory. The usual procedure for coverslip preparations involves cementing the coverslip cell side up on a slide in a drop of mounting medium (usually ‘Permount’) before covering with liquid emulsion or AR 10 stripping film5. This method often causes opaque emulsion patches in the space between coverslip and slide and the coverslip quite frequently floats off during rehydration. This communication describes a method which eliminates some of the problems encountered in autoradiography on coverslip cultures.

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    Present address: Princess Margaret's Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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  1. Division of Microscopic Anatomy, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph

    PARVATHI K. BASRUR, V. R. BASRUR & J. P. W. GILMAN

  2. Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Hamilton, Canada

    PARVATHI K. BASRUR, V. R. BASRUR & J. P. W. GILMAN

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BASRUR, P., BASRUR, V. & GILMAN, J. Method for the Preparation of Autoradiographs with Coverslip Cultures. Nature 212, 424–425 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212424a0

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