food colors in PCR

[Paul N. Hengen]

> Several months ago there was a disucssion regarding food colorings and
> dyes that are tolerated in PCR. Can anyone recap that information or
> direct me to specific reference?.

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@article{Hoppe1992,
author = "B. L. Hoppe
     and B. M. Conti-Tronconi
     and R. M. Horton",
title = "Gel-loading dyes compatible with PCR",
journal = "BioTechniques",
volume = "12",
number = "5",
pages = "679-680",
comment = "Food Coloring dyes used in PCR tubes tartrazine
(Sigma T-0388) or Cresol Red (C-9877)",
year = "1992"}

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