Chromatin fluorescence by pyronin staining

Human, chicken and mouse cells from different tissues show a bright red-orange fluorescence of the chromatin after staining with pyronin Y. The possibility that intercalation of the dye into double helical nucleic acids accounts for this fluorescence pattern is briefly discussed.     

Sex pheromones of the armyworm moth,Spodoptera exempta (Wlk.

Zusammenfassung Es wurden mit gas-chromatographischer Elektroantennogramm-Methode (Z)-9-tetradecenyl-1-acetat und (Z)-9, (E)-12-tetradecadienyl-1-acetat als die Sexuallockstoffe weiblicherSpodoptera exempta (Wlk.) identifiziert.

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Acknowledgment: We are grateful to Mr.C. Rivers, Unit of Insect Virology, University of Oxford Field Station, for supplying insect pupae.