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Brown Stain

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A popular term for any immunoperoxidase—special stain used to detect antigens (e.g., leukocyte common antigen, cytokeratin, S-100, etc.)—in tissues by linking monoclonal antibodies raised against the antigen of interest to an enzyme in the last of several antigen-antibody linking steps; if antigen X is present, the enzyme digests a colourless substrate into a brown pigmented product
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Trendley Dean initiated a major project to investigate the epidemiology of Colorado Brown Stain (now renamed dental or enamel fluorosis).
Brown stain in pine is usually caused by the migration and subsequent concentration of sugars, proteins, and phenols at or near the lumber surface reacting with nitrogen, wood, and heat during the kiln processes (Kreber et al.
Fretwell had been mapping a British Antarctic Survey base near the Halley station on the Brunt ice shelf in October 2008 when he noticed a brown stain on the satellite images.
The sections were examined for a golden brown stain indicative of a positive staining.
McKay suggested the association between this mottled enamel and an agent in the Colorado Springs, Colorado water supply during investigation of the Colorado brown stain seen in the teeth of many of his patients.
It causes an unsightly and unappetising brown stain or appears as a fuzzy, greyish-white spot on the food.
Cappuccino is a medium-dark stain with elegant brown tones that will be the first dark brown stain available on maple and oak cabinets.
The quills are then inspected for "foxing," a reddish brown stain which occurs due to damp conditions.
According to the Wall Street Journal, children are most at risk because fluoride exposure occurs when their teeth are forming, leading to a permanent brown stain called "dental fluorisis" (which now affects 22 percent of American kids).
Peripheral flagellated cells showed an intense brown stain with the con A probe for mannose [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURES 1A,B OMITTED], but only a weak stain with GlcNAc [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1C OMITTED], and no stain at all with the other lectins tested (SBA, DBA, PNA, UEA-1) (not shown).
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