One can purchase Vectashield containing DAPI, it is aqueous mounting media
(also comes in a form that sets up hard!), coverslip and stain with DAPI
all at once!  Very tidy.  If you use VECTOR red as a chromogen, it
fluoresces with UV light AND appears red via light microscopy.  To have
crisp Vector Red (I think the new DAKO red chromogen also fluoresces) be
sure you follow brochure directions AND add Tween 20 to buffer when making
up Vector Red. The best of both worlds.  



At 08:40 AM 5/28/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>What about using a fluorescent counter stain such as DAPI? You would of
>course have to
> have the correct filter to view it. I have included a link with the
>details of the stain.
> Donna
>
>
>	http://www.arches.uga.edu/~apollo/InnoGenex%20Datasheet.htm
>
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