A rapid and sensitive method for measuring ribonucleic acid in ribosomal preparations
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- PMCID: PMC1186465
- DOI: 10.1042/bj1770977
A rapid and sensitive method for measuring ribonucleic acid in ribosomal preparations
Abstract
By using the fluorescence enhancement of ethidium bromide when it binds to RNA, a very rapid, simple and sensitive assay for the concentration of ribosomal RNA in complex mixtures has been devised.
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