Sperm DNA-mediated reduction of nonspecific fluorescence during cellular imaging with quantum dots†
Abstract
Salmon sperm DNA was used as a blocking agent to reduce background fluorescence signals from gelatin-coated cell culture dishes.
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a
Institute for Bio-Medical Convergence, College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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kimsoonhag@empal.com
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b Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
c Department of Radiation Oncology, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea
d Department of Biomedical Science, CHA University, 335 Pangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
e Al-Jeraisy DNA Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
f Department of Nucleic Acids Research, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City for Scientific Research and Technological Applications, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
g Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Salmon sperm DNA was used as a blocking agent to reduce background fluorescence signals from gelatin-coated cell culture dishes.
J. Lee, K. Choi, Y. Choi, B. A. Ali, A. A. Al-Khedhairy and S. Kim, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11584 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC04503G
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