Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coal tar derivative, C13H9N, that has an irritating odor, used in the manufacture of dyes and synthetics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An organic compound derived from anthracene by replacing one of its CH-groups with a nitrogen atom, its empirical formula being C14H9N. It is important in the color industry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable, organic chemistry A
tricyclic aromatic heterocycle , dibenzopyridine, obtained fromcoal tar ; it is used in the manufacture ofdyes anddrugs - noun countable, organic chemistry Any of many
derivatives of this compound
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Examples
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In the article, Williams and colleagues used scanning tunneling microscopy to examine the dynamic properties of an organic thin film called acridine-9-carboxylic acid, or ACA.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue F. Ahmed 2008
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In recent years Crick, in collaboration with S. Brenner, has concentrated more on biochemistry and genetics leading to ideas about protein synthesis (the «adaptor hypothesis»), and the genetic code, and in particular to work on acridine-type mutants.
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Following treatments for 24 hr with DMSO alone (control), Red-Br-nos, LPS, Red-Br-nos and LPS, cells were stained with 1 µg/ml acridine orange for 15 min, washed with PBS, and examined under a Zeiss fluorescence microscope using a 40X objective lens Proteins from THP-1 cells pellets were resolved by polyacrylamide gel-electrophoresis and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (Millipore).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susu Zughaier et al. 2010
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Following treatments for 24 hr with DMSO alone (control), Red-Br-nos, LPS, Red-Br-nos and LPS, cells were stained with 1 µg/ml acridine orange for 15 min, washed with PBS, and examined under a Zeiss fluorescence microscope using a 40X objective lens Proteins from THP-1 cells pellets were resolved by polyacrylamide gel-electrophoresis and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (Millipore).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susu Zughaier et al. 2010
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NK cell and K562 cell numbers and viability were measured by ethidium bromide/acridine orange staining.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Donal O'Shea et al. 2010
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Note the formation (red fluorescence) of acridine orange-accumulating acidic vesicular organelles (AVOs) in Red-Br-nos treated cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susu Zughaier et al. 2010
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Note the formation (red fluorescence) of acridine orange-accumulating acidic vesicular organelles (AVOs) in Red-Br-nos treated cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susu Zughaier et al. 2010
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Cell pellets were re-suspended in 1 ml of RPMI 1640 medium, and cell yields and viability were assessed by ethidium bromide/acridine orange staining.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Donal O'Shea et al. 2010
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Some agents such as intoplicine, the acridine XR5000 (DACA) bind to DNA by intercalation
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Apoptosis was detected by acridine orange (AO) staining, DNA ladder assay and flow cytometric analysis.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Qian-mei Zhou 2009
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