Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence
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Organic solvents, generally acetone, methanol, or ethanol, work by dehydrating and precipitating cellular...saturated being 37%). Formalin solutions often contain methanol as well, in order to slow the polymerization of...hidden within the folded protein (green region). Methanol dehydrates the protein, which can disrupt protein...want to fix and permeabilize in one step, then methanol treatment could be an effective strategy. (This...