Factors Affecting Quantification of Total DNA by UV Spectroscopy and PicoGreen Fluorescence

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 7221-7226

  Holden, Marcia J ^a   Haynes, Ross J ^a   Rabb, Savelas A ^a   Satija, Neena ^a   Yang, Kristina ^a   Blasic Jr , Joseph R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetyldimethylethylammonium bromide; CTAB; DNA; DNA quantitation; Glycine max; Maize; Picogreen; Soy; Spinach; Spinacia oleracea; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; Zea mays l

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PICOGREEN; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; SOYBEAN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

DNA, PLANT; FLUORESCENT DYES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOYBEANS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; ZEA MAYS;

GLYCINE MAX; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349207544     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf901165h     Document Type: Article

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