Quantification of total RNA by ethidium bromide fluorescence may not accurately reflect the RNA mass

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Kerkhof, Lee ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PURIFICATION; TECHNIQUE;

ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030925789     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-022X(97)01212-8     Document Type: Article

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