Definition: 'DAPI Stain'
DAPI stain
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. a sensitive fluorescent probe for DNA used in fluorescence microscopy to detect DNA in yeast mitochondria, chloroplasts, viruses, mycoplasma, and chromosomes; DNA is visualized in vitally stained living cells and after cells are fixed in formaldehyde.
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