b-Gal Staining of Murine Embryos

Solutions

Fixtive

using fix buffer to make 0.2% Glutaraldehyde fixative, eg: add 0.2ml 25% Glutaraldehyde (EM grade) into 24.8ml fixing buffer. (fresh make every time)

For E10 - E12 embryo

Disclaimer: The following set of protocols were contributed by various members of our lab (past and present): Christine Andrews, Fiona Christensen, Neil Della, Ross Dickins, Debbie Donald, Andrew Holloway, Gary Hime, Colin House, Yinling Hu, Rachael Parkinson, Nadia Traficante, Hannah Robertson, Ping Fu and Dennis Wang. Special thanks to Vicki Hammond, Frank Kontgen and Maria Murphy, who contributed many of the ES cell protocols. Sections dealing with Photomicroscopy, Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibody Production were provided by members of Gerry Rubin's Laboratory (Berkeley). Any comments in the methods (technical errors etc.) E-mail: d.bowtell@pmci.unimelb.edu.au
      David Bowtell PMCI October 1998