Dyes for PCR

[Robert Horton]

Duncan Clark (Duncan at genesys.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Hi Folks,
: 
: A year or so ago, someone published an article in Biotechniques listing
: food colourings/dyes that are compatible with PCR. 'Cos I'm so organised
: I've lost/misfiled the paper. Can anyone enlighten me with the dye/source.
: Any new ones would also be interesting.
:

The reference is:
Hoppe, B.L., Conti-Tronconi, B.M., and Horton, R.M. Gel-loading dyes compatible with PCR. BioTechniques 12(5):679-680, 1992. 
Amersham (I believe) sells dye-colored radionucleotides under the trade name
Redivue. The red dye they use is quite intense, and does not appear to inhibit
PCR, but they won't tell what it is...

-Bob


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