Safe dye for PCR?

[Robert Horton]

Malcolm Moos Jr. (moos at helix.nih.gov) wrote:
: Glen Shearer <gshearer at whale.st.usm.edu> wrote:
: >
: > Anyone know of a dye that will not inhibit PCR?
: > 
: >The people who sell the air thermal cycler have pointed out that both
: tartrazine and cresol red do not interfere with PCR; of the two, cresol
: red is more intensely colored.

Reference: Hoppe, B.L., Conti-Tronconi, B.M., and Horton, R.M. Gel-loding 
dyes compatible with PCR. BioTechniques 12(5):679-80 (1992).

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