DNA intrinsic florescence

[Roderic Fuerst]

In article <7as3lf$a4c$1 at mserv2.dl.ac.uk>, Malay
<curiouser at ccmb.ap.nic.in> writes
>Does anybody know whether DNA has any intrinsic florescence or not?

It does, but the absorbtion maxima lies in the UV region. There was an
American group working on the direct detection of nucleotides using UV
sources but they experienced many practical problems associated with
working in the UV region.
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