A comparison of silver staining protocols for detecting DNA in polyester-backed polyacrylamide gel

Eight silver-staining protocols were applied to detect DNA in polyester-backed gels to select the optimal. Results showed important differences in staining quality and that four methods were well-suited for TGGE gels due to high sensitivity and low background, including the Bassam et al. methods, th...

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Main Authors: Shanlian Qiu, Jichen Chen, Si Lin, Xinjian Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2012-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
DNA
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000200029