SPECIFICITY OF LABELLED THYMIDINE AS A DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID PRECURSOR IN RADIOAUTOGRAPHY
Author(s) -
Manabu Amano,
B. Messier,
C. P. Leblond
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1551-5044
pISSN - 0022-1554
DOI - 10.1177/7.3.153
Subject(s) - thymidine , dna , biochemistry , chemistry , desoxyribonucleic acid , thymine , deoxyribonuclease , enzyme , nucleic acid , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A simple method has been devised for the extraction of deoxyribonucleic acid from histological sections by means of the enzyme DNAse without significant loss of ribonucleic acid. Removal of deoxyribonucleic acid by this method completely eliminated the radioautographic reactions observed over nuclei after injection of thymidine-H 3 . It is concluded that labelled thymidine is an adequate tracer of newly formed deoxyribonucleic acid in radioautographs.
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