Simple protocol for secondary school hands-on activity: Electrophoresis of pre-stained nucleic acids on agar-agar borate gels

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 341-347

  Britos, Leticia ^a,b   Goyenola, Guillermo ^a   Oroño, Silvia Umpiérrez ^a  

^a Ctro Regional de Profesores del Sur   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Agar agar; Cationic stains; DNA and RNA visualization; Electrophoresis; High school; Human Genome Project

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AGAROSE; BORIC ACID; BUFFER; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; COLLEGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH SCHOOL; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PEDAGOGICS; SAFETY;

EID: 4944241002     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.2004.494032050398     Document Type: Article

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