Use of RNAlater in fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) reduces the fluorescence from GFP but not from DsRed

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zaitoun, Ismail ^a   Erickson, Christopher S ^a   Schell, Kathy ^b   Epstein, Miles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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EID: 78649689822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-328     Document Type: Article

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