Discover Acridine Orange hemi(zinc chloride) salt by Aladdin Scientific in for electrophoresis for only $9.90. Available - in Ligands at Aladdin Scientific. Cell-permeable metachromatic fluorescent cationic DNA and RNA dye; RNA polymerase inhibitor. Tags: Pyridines, Six-Membered Heterocyclic Compounds.
Acridine Orange hemi (zinc chloride) salt is a cell-permeable metachromatic fluorescent dye that stains DNA and RNA. This dye is also an inhibitor of RNA polymerase. Fluorescent dye that stains DNA and RNA
Application
Suitable for
detection of nucleic acids separated by gel electrophoresis
fluorescence and epifluorescence microscopy
analysis of mitochondria and lysosomes by flow cytometry
DNA staining in apoptosis studies
Acridine Orange, a cell-permeable metachromatic fluorescent cationic dye that intercalates DNA and RNA, is used in fluorescence and epiflouresence microscopy. Acridine Orange dye has been used to analyze mitochondria and lysosomal content by flow cytometry, characterize multidrug resistance, and measure changes in mitochondrial mass during apoptosis in rat thymocytes.
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