Any reliable protocol for chitin determination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae?

18 April 2016 1 7K Report

Hello,

the simplest way is to stain cells with calcofluor white. Or extract cell wall chitin, acid hydrolysed, and them measure with HPLC.

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