On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Cartwright, Carrie wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what PLP stands for for PLP fixative?

It stands for periodate, lysine and paraformaldehyde, which
are 3 of the ingredients used to make up the solution. Once
they are all dissolved, the fixative does not actually contain 
any lysine or any paraformaldehyde. It is supposed to
cross-link cell surface glycoproteins, and it may do this,
but not in the way proposed by the originators of PLP.
I wrote about this, with references, in response to a 
Histonet enquiry a few months ago; it should be in the
histosearch.com archives.

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The University of Western Ontario
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