A rapid and sensitive method for measuring ribonucleic acid in ribosomal preparations.
By using the fluorescence enhancement of ethidium bromide when it binds to RNA, a very rapid, simple and sensitive assay for the concentration of ribosomal RNA in complex mixtures has been devised.
D000818:Animals; D004996:Ethidium; D008722:Methods; D009206:Myocardium / Q000032:analysis; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000032:analysis; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D004996:Ethidium