Histochemical Staining of Cell Monolayers for β-Galactosidase

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2019 Mar 1;2019(3). doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot095422.

Abstract

There are several methods for assaying the success of transient transfections. If a plasmid expressing Escherichia coli β-galactosidase was used, then this histochemical staining procedure is simple to perform and yields dependable results. The following method was designed for cells growing in 60-mm culture dishes.

MeSH terms

  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Plasmids
  • Staining and Labeling
  • beta-Galactosidase / genetics
  • beta-Galactosidase / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-Galactosidase