IDENTIFICATION OF MAST CELLS IN THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE BY MEANS OF X-RAY SPECTROMETRY

Padawer , Jacques

doi:10.1083/jcb.61.3.641

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IDENTIFICATION OF MAST CELLS IN THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE BY MEANS OF X-RAY SPECTROMETRY

Jacques Padawer

From the Department of Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461

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Jacques Padawer

From the Department of Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461

Received: August 01 1973

Revision Received: January 21 1974

Online ISSN: 1540-8140

Print ISSN: 0021-9525

1974

J Cell Biol (1974) 61 (3): 641–648.

https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.61.3.641

In mixed populations of rat peritoneal fluid cells, the mast cells can be differentiated from other cell types in the scanning electron microscope by virtue of the X-ray emission referable to their sulfur content. Both stationary probe and X-ray mapping are feasible; the amount of sulfur eliciting a signal is estimated to be about 8 x 10^-18 g.

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