Medical Definition of Tetramethyl acridine
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3, 6-bis(dimethylamino)acridinium chloride.
A toxic, fluorescing dye that stains DNA and RNA and is typically used to identify cancerous tumour cells. When it binds to double-stranded DNA, it fluoresces green, when it binds with the phosphate groups of single-stranded DNA or RNA, it fluoresces orange.
The chemical also causes frameshift mutations.
(12 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetramethyl Acridine
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