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Comparison of the ultrastructural demonstration of cytochrome oxidase activity with three Bis(Phenylenediamines)

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Three bis(phenylenediamines) are compared in formaldehyde-fixed rat liver and rat heart. Diaminobenzidine (DAB) demonstrated cytochrome oxidase on mitochondrial cristae, BAXD demonstrated both mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase and a terminal oxidase in endoplasmic reticulum and sarcoplasmic reticulum and BED demonstrated a terminal oxidase only on endoplasmic reticulum and sarcoplasmic reticulum.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

    Arnold M. Seligman, Hannah L. Wasserkrug & Robert E. Plapinger

  2. Department of Surgery, Inc. and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

    Arnold M. Seligman, Hannah L. Wasserkrug & Robert E. Plapinger

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This investigation was supported by a research grant (CA-02478) from the National Cancer Institute, U.S. Public Health Service.

Acknowledgement for technical assistance is due Miss Dale Seligman.

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Seligman, A.M., Wasserkrug, H.L. & Plapinger, R.E. Comparison of the ultrastructural demonstration of cytochrome oxidase activity with three Bis(Phenylenediamines). Histochemie 23, 63–70 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00309491

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