Re: 7-AAD use with plant nuclei

From: N.W. BLACKHALL (PLZNB@pln1.life.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: Thu May 29 1997 - 03:47:35 EST


Dear all,

In her article of May 28th, Cindy Gross wrote:

>     I am now interested in trying to substitute another DNA
>    stain, 7-AAD, for the propidium iodide. 

To me this sounds an unusual choice, although I can think of several 
reasons for using fluorochromes other than PI.

Perhaps people would be kind enough to enlighten me of the special 
properties of 7-AAD.


Thank you

Nigel Blackhall
University of Nottingham, UK
Nigel.Blackhall@Nottingham.ac.uk



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