Abstract
Until recently scanning electron microscopes were mainly used to observe surfaces. However, it has been proved that a backscattered electron detector can give an image (BEI) of the specimen's internal structure after heavy metal staining. In this paper, we report how we have applied the silver staining for NOR-associated proteins to scanning electron microscopy, studying C3H10T1/2 cells in culture. This technique allows to localize, inside the nucleus, the nucleolar arrangement of AgNOR-associated proteins. In BEI imaging, the silver staining shows several intranucleolar silver spot-like deposits sometimes associated in "doublets" as on metaphasic chromosomes. These silver grains probably represent the fibrillar centre location, thought to be the interphasic counterpart of the NORs. However, these silver spot granules are more numerous during interphase.
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