Feulgen densitometry: Importance of a stringent hydrolysis regime

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 538-540

  Greilhuber, J ^a   Baranyi, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dactylis glomerata; Densitometry; Feulgen; Hordeum vulgare; Hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

DENSITOMETRY; DNA DETERMINATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALLIUM CEPA; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGATE; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0032721688     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00780.x     Document Type: Article

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