A green method of staining DNA in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis based on fluorescent copper nanoclusters synthesized in situ

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2714-2720

  Zhu, Xiaoli ^a   Shi, Hai ^a   Shen, Yalan ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   Li, Genxi ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

copper nanoclusters; electrophoresis; nucleic acids; polyacrylamide gel; staining

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939267214     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0778-y     Document Type: Article

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