Catalysts act to release formaldehyde cross-linking that occurs in biological samples. Thus, contacting catalysts to formaldehyde fixed samples is a useful way to render biological components of the samples, including nucleic acids or proteins, more accessible to detection and characterization.
催化剂可以释放在
生物样品中发生的
甲醛交联。因此,将催化剂与
甲醛固定的样品接触是使样品中的
生物组分(包括核酸或蛋白质)更易于检测和表征的有用方法。