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. 1979 Mar 1;177(3):977-9.
doi: 10.1042/bj1770977.

A rapid and sensitive method for measuring ribonucleic acid in ribosomal preparations

C Mackie, T H Bryant, J Mowbray

A rapid and sensitive method for measuring ribonucleic acid in ribosomal preparations

C Mackie et al. Biochem J. .

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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