The measurement of DNA in tissue samples fixed in ethanol/acetic acid is described. Small, fixed tissue samples are digested by warm alkaline treatment followed by neutralization with HCl, and DNA is determined by complex formation with the dye ethidium bromide (EB). When standard DNA from calf thym
Fluorometric determination of DNA in Chlamydomonas
โ Scribed by Torleiv Lien; Gjert Knutsen
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 410 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2697
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โฆ Synopsis
The diaminobenzoic acid dihydrochloride fluorescence method has been examined to determine optimal conditions for the assay of DNA in perchloric acid extracts and in pretreated Chlamydomonas cells on glass-fiber filters. Maximal fluorescence yield was obtained by allowing: (a) the perchloric acid extract to react with 4-6% diaminobenzoic acid dihydrochloride for 20-40 min at 60-80ยฐC at about pH 3.0; (b) the pretreated cells on glass-fiber filters to react with a 20% solution of diaminobenzoic acid dihydrochloride for 40 min at 60ยฐC. METHODS AND MATERIALS 1. Reagents. (a) DABA *2HCf was prepared from 3,Sdiaminobenzoic acid according to the method of Holm-Hansen et al. (4). By using this 560 Copyright
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