food colors in PCR

[Paul N Hengen]

Paul N. Hengen (pnh at ncifcrf.gov) wrote:

> 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?.

: @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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