Hoechst 33258

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Introduction

A bisbenzimidazole dye employed in cytochemistry & fluorescence microscopy as an indicator of DNA in chromosomes. Hoechst 33258 specifically stains constitutive heterochromatin.

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  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995