title: Ultrastructural localization of histones in epiphyseal chondrocytes.
abstract: Epiphyseal growth plate chondrocyte nuclei of growing rats were studied for histone content using the ammoniacal silver technique. This stain, which is specific for the demonstration of the arginine-rich fractions of histones, revealed that growth plate nuclei vary in their histone content. Nuclei of cells of the proliferating zone revealed a significantly greater amount of postformalin ammoniacal silver deposit consistent with the presence of arginine-rich histones.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006657:Histones; D051381:Rats; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D006657:Histones