- methyl green–pyronin stain
- a solution of methyl green and pyronin (usually pyronin Y) used as a differential stain for DNA and RNA: DNA is stained blue-green by methyl green and RNA is stained red by pyronin.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
methyl green–pyronin stain
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methyl green — A basic triphenylmethane dye used as a chromatin stain and, in combination with pyronin, for differential staining of RNA (red) and DNA (green); also used as a tracking dye for DNA in electrophoresis. * * * methyl green … Medical dictionary
pyronin Y — a basic xanthene dye used as a bacterial stain and as the RNA staining component of methyl green–pyronin stain … Medical dictionary
Unna-Pappenheim stain — a variation of methyl green–pyronin stain, used to detect plasma cells and demonstrate nucleoproteins … Medical dictionary
Pappenheim stain — the original methyl green–pyronin staining method, used to differentiate between basophilic granules of erythrocytes and nuclear fragments … Medical dictionary
