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Research Article

A Method for Sensitive Staining of DNA in Polyacrylamide Gels Using Basic Fuchsin

Mao Chen1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR ChinaView further author information
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Wei-Tao Cong1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR ChinaView further author information
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Xuan Zhou1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR ChinaView further author information
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Zhong-Xin Zhu1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR ChinaView further author information
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Wei-Jian Ye1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR ChinaView further author information
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Jin Ling1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR ChinaView further author information
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Mao-Wei Ni1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR ChinaView further author information
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Li-Tai Jin1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR China;2 School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, PR China. [email protected];3 Wenzhou Undersun Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1545-1554 | Published online: 24 Jun 2013

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