A novel fluorometric method for DNA and RNA determination

被引:69
作者
Li, WY [1 ]
Xu, JG [1 ]
Guo, XQ [1 ]
Zhu, QZ [1 ]
Zhao, YB [1 ]
机构
[1] XIAMEN UNIV,DEPT CHEM,RES LAB,SEDC ANALYT SCI MAT & LIFE CHEM,XIAMEN 361005,PEOPLES R CHINA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
DNA; RNA; methylene blue; fluorescence quenching;
D O I
10.1080/00032719708001799
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A method for the determination of nucleic acids with methylene blue(MB) as a fluorescence probe was developed, based on the quenching of the fluorescence of MB in the presence of nucleic acids. The calibration graph was linear in the range of 0-40 mu g/ml for CT DNA and 0-55 mu g/ml for yeast RNA, the limit of detection was 28 ng/ml for CT DNA and 82 ng/ml for yeast RNA. CT DNA could be determined in the presence of 30% (w/w) yeast RNA and yeast RNA was determined when the content of CT DNA in synthetic samples was below 5% (w/w).
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页码:527 / 536
页数:10
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