In her article of May 28th, Cindy Gross wrote:
> I am now interested in trying to substitute another DNA
> stain, 7-AAD, for the propidium iodide.
To me this sounds an unusual choice, although I can think of several
reasons for using fluorochromes other than PI.
Perhaps people would be kind enough to enlighten me of the special
properties of 7-AAD.
Thank you
Nigel Blackhall
University of Nottingham, UK
Nigel.Blackhall@Nottingham.ac.uk
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