| DAPI | <abbreviation> 4'6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-2HCl, a fluorescent probe for DNA. See: DAPI stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| DAPI stain | <technique> A sensitive fluorescent probe for DNA, 4'6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-2HCl, used in fluorescence microscopy to detect DNA in yeast mitochondria, chloroplasts, viruses, mycoplasma, and chromosomes; DNA is visualised in vitally stained living cells and after cells are fixed in formaldehyde. (05 Mar 2000) |