Re: S-35 contamination during PCR differential display

[partye@rockvax.rockefeller.edu (Esmeralda Party)]

Jose Lopez asked:
>Would any radsafers care to comment on experience or knowledge of
>potential S-35 gases or S-35 contamination produced during differential
>display PCRs (polymerase chain reactions) using S-35 dATP,  rad safety
>requirements for technicians, and efficiency of thermocyclers using
>heated lids to prevent the escape of volatilized radioactivity?
>
Jose: 
Have you read the Science article (Vol. 267, 24 February 1995) "Alternatives 
to S35 as a label for the differential display of eukariotic messenger RNA"?  

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