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Is Mercury Orange a selective stain for thiols?

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK

    Richard W. Horobin & Linda Flemming

  2. Department of Anatomy, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    T. O. Sippel

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Horobin, R.W., Flemming, L. & Sippel, T.O. Is Mercury Orange a selective stain for thiols?. Histochem J 14, 1003–1006 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01005240

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