Medical Definition of Feulgen reaction
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A specific staining procedure for DNA: mild acid hydrolysis makes the aldehyde group of deoxyribose available to react with Schiff's reagent to give a purple colour.
See: Feulgen reagent, Feulgen, Robert, Feulgen stain.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(22 Feb 2008)
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