Highly selective acridine and ethidium staining of bacterial DNA and RNA

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 130-136

  Bruno, John G ^a   Sincock, Stephanie A ^b   Stopa, Peter J ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acridine dyes; DNA; ethidium bromide; fluorescence; gel electrophoresis; proteins; RNA

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ACRIDINE ORANGE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029890029     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299609117149     Document Type: Article

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