Compound name: 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) Chemical Class:
Diamidine Description: Bivalent cationic diamidine, A fluorescent dye used to stain biological specimens. 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole is a blue fluorescent stain that binds strongly to A-T rich regions in DNA. It is used extensively in fluorescence microscopy. Database Links: CHEBI:51231
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