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Acridine

Acridine

10-azaanthracene;a dye, dye intermediate, and antiseptic precursor (9-aminoacridine, acriflavine, proflavine hemisulfate derived from coal tar and irritating to skin and mucous membranes.

Synonym: dibenzopyridine.


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How to differentiate between RNA and DNA

... intense and raise the background staining in the entire well. I think there are some RNA-specific dyes around—Northerns were once stained with acridine orange(?) or something like that if I remember correctly. You can do the 260/280 ratio thing, but it is often hard to interpret. The rule of ...

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by blcr11
Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:13 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
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The Fiber Disease

... EDB and visualized in the transmission electron microphotograph illustrated in this paper. The spherical bodies showed fluorescent labeling with acridine orange and with ethidium bromide supporting the idea that they contained nucleic acids. TMRE (tetramethyl rhodamine ethyl ester), a mitochondrion-specific ...

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Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:55 am
 
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