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Use of Indium Trichloride for the Separation of Native, Denatured and Single-stranded Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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A PREVIOUS communication from me1 described the use of indium trichloride for the separation of DNA and RNA. This work has now been extended to the point where it has become possible to separate different molecular species of DNA in the presence of indium chloride and varying concentrations of sodium chloride.

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ALDRIDGE, W. Use of Indium Trichloride for the Separation of Native, Denatured and Single-stranded Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Nature 195, 284–285 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195284a0

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