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A simple and reproducible silver-staining technique for nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) was developed, use being made of nylon cloth as a coverslip for even impregnation of the silver solution. Ag-NORs were clearly and selectively visualized in human and mouse chromosomes, without equivocal staining of centrometric heterochromatin and background silver grains.
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Kodama, Y., Yoshida, M.C. & Sasaki, M. An improved silver staining technique for nucleolus organizer regions by using nylon cloth. Jap J Human Genet 25, 229–233 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997700
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