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. 1973 Nov;70(11):3108–3110. doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.11.3108

Cs2SO4 Gradients Containing Both Hg2+ and Ag+ Effect the Complete Separation of Satellite Deoxyribonucleic Acids Having Identical Densities in Neutral CsCl Gradients

Dorothy M Skinner 1, Wanda G Beattie 1
PMCID: PMC427180  PMID: 4522292

Abstract

A combination of both Ag+ and Hg2+ in Cs2SO4 effects the complete separation of two DNAs having identical densities in CsCl. Satellite DNAs of hermit crab, Pagurus pollicaris, and lobster, Homarus americanus, have been isolated by this means.

Keywords: hermit crab, lobster, density gradient centrifugation

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