Effect of pH and ionic strength on the spectrophotometric assessment of nucleic acid purity

BioTechniques

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 474-481

  Wilfinger, William W ^a   Mackey, Karol ^a   Chomczynski, Piotr ^a,b  

^a Molecular Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; IONIC STRENGTH; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PH; PURIFICATION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0030895171     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97223st01     Document Type: Article

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