Interference with spectrophotometric analysis of nucleic acids and proteins by leaching of chemicals from plastic tubes

BioTechniques

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-302

  Lewis, L Kevin ^a   Robson, Michael H ^a   Vecherkina, Yelena ^a   Ji, Chang ^a   Beall, Gary W ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leachate; Microcentrifuge tube; Plastic additives; Polypropylene; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PLASTIC; POLYPROPYLENE; PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TUBE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 77954041637     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113387     Document Type: Article

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