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Table 2 Various alkaline phosphatase (AP) substrates used with this in situ PCR protocol on different plant species and tissues

From: Protocol: a fast and simple in situ PCR method for localising gene expression in plant tissue

Plant species

Tissue

AP substrate

Arabidopsis thaliana

Leaf

BM Purple

Elf97

Vector Blue

Arabidopsis thaliana

Flower

BM Purple

Cleome gynandra

Leaf

BM purple

Cleome hassleriana

Leaf

BM purple

Glycine max

Root

BM purple

Hordeum vulgare

Leaf

BM purple

Elf97

Hordeum vulgare

Epidermal peel

BM Purple

Elf97++

Oryza sativa

Leaf

BM Purple

Vector Blue

Oryza sativa

Root

BM Purple

Solanum lycopersicum

Leaf

Vector Blue

Triticum aestivum

Root

BM Purple

Triticum durum

Leaf

Elf97

Triticum durum

Root

BM Purple

NBT/BCIPX

Vector Blue++

Vitis vinifera

Root

Vector Blue

Vitis vinifera

Leaf

BM Purple

Zea mays

Leaf

BM Purple

  1. Most AP substrates were used successfully for specific detection of the transcript in question, with some exceptions as indicated. ++indicates detection with significant background staining. Xindicates no detectable signal.