costaining

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noun

staining using two or more stains

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Meanings

nouncostaining (uncountable)
  1. uncountablestaining using two or more stains

    Subsequent costaining of P2X3 with TRITC-phalloidin showed that the immunoreactivity of the P2X3 in vimentin positive ICs was significantly separated from the phalloidin labelled smooth muscle (Fig. 2b, d).

    2015 August 8, Karl Svennersten et al., “Localization of P2X receptor subtypes 2, 3 and 7 in human urinary bladder”, in BMC Urology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From co- + staining.

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