Acetone preservation: A practical technique for molecular analysis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1935-1945

  Fukatsu, Takema ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetone; DNA; Endosymbionts; Insects; Preservation; Protein; RNA

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLOROFORM; DNA ANALYSIS; DNA PRESERVATION; ETHER; METHANOL; MOLECULAR SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATIVE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOLVENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETONE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ETHANOL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEINS; RNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYMBIOSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0033227444     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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