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. 2014 Sep 18;10:29. doi: 10.1186/1746-4811-10-29

Table 2.

Various alkaline phosphatase (AP) substrates used with this in situ PCR protocol on different plant species and tissues

Plant species Tissue AP substrate
Arabidopsis thaliana
Leaf
BM Purple
Elf97
Vector Blue
Arabidopsis thaliana
Flower
BM Purple
Cleome gynandra
Leaf
BM purple
Cleome hassleriana
Leaf
BM purple
Glycine max
Root
BM purple
Hordeum vulgare
Leaf
BM purple
Elf97
Hordeum vulgare
Epidermal peel
BM Purple
Elf97++
Oryza sativa
Leaf
BM Purple
Vector Blue
Oryza sativa
Root
BM Purple
Solanum lycopersicum
Leaf
Vector Blue
Triticum aestivum
Root
BM Purple
Triticum durum
Leaf
Elf97
Triticum durum
Root
BM Purple
NBT/BCIPX
Vector Blue++
Vitis vinifera
Root
Vector Blue
Vitis vinifera
Leaf
BM Purple
Zea mays Leaf BM Purple

Most AP substrates were used successfully for specific detection of the transcript in question, with some exceptions as indicated. ++indicates detection with significant background staining. Xindicates no detectable signal.