The effect of pH on silver staining of the nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) of human chromosomes has been investigated between pH 6.5 and 12.0. Nonvolatile mixtures of ethanolamine and ethanolammonium nitrate replaced the ammonia of standard procedures. The optimal NOR staining obtained at pH 3.5 by the silver staining procedure of Howell and Black served as a standard; this procedure stained all ten NORs in 90% of mitoses. Similar NOR staining was found in 75% of mitoses stained at pH 11.7 or 11.8, but only in 10-15% of mitoses stained between pH 11.6 and 10.0. Between pH 10.0 and 9.0 NOR staining was incomplete, and between pH 8.5 and 6.5 there was no NOR staining.
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