Silver staining dna in polyacrylamide gels

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2649-2654

  Bassam, Brant J ^a   Gresshoff, Peter M ^b  

^a Department of Bio Layer   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SILVER STAINING;

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FORMALDEHYDE; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 39149140732     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.330     Document Type: Article

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