Example sentences for: fixatives

How can you use “fixatives” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • After methanol or ethanol fixation, some cells were partially detached and changed their shape, but this did not occur with other coagulant fixatives.

  • The coagulant fixatives, including methanol [ 8, 9], ethanol [ 10], acetone [ 11], and trichloroacetic acid [ 10, 12], denature and precipitate proteins.

  • Due to extraction of membrane structures by such fixatives it is not necessary to add detergents during staining with membrane impermeable probes such as antibodies.

  • Crosslinking of polypeptides was also evaluated after treatment with several other fixatives that preserved microextensions well and that were found to be useful previously for moesin staining (Figure 6B).

  • Among the coagulant fixatives, acetone produced the best results with respect to preservation of microextensions, staining of actin with either phalloidin or with monoclonal β-actin antibodies, and staining of microtubules with a monoclonal anti-β-tubulin reagent.


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