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Agarose and Acrylamide | Dyes, Loading Buffers, and Nucleic Acid Gel Stains | Markers and Ladders | Running Buffers | Equipment and Accessories

Dyes, Loading Buffers, and Nucleic Acid Gel Stains

  Dyes and Loading Buffers
Nucleic Acid Gel Stains

Dyes and Loading Buffers


Product Name Technical Bulletin Product #
Gel Loading Solution G2526
Gel Loading Solution Type I G7654
RNA Sample Loading Buffer Without Ethidium bromide R1386
RNA Sample Loading Buffer With Ethidium bromide R4268
Bromphenol Blue sodium salt   B5525
Bromphenol Blue-Xylene Cyanole Dye solution   B3269
Xylene Cyanole FF   X4126

  Number of Base Pairs
Acrylamide Concentration Bromophenol Blue Xylene Cyanole
3.5% 100 460
5% 65 260
12% 45 70
15% 20 60
20% 15 45

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Nucleic Acid Gel Stains

A wide range of nucleic acid stains for polyacrylamide and agarose are available including BlueView™, Ethidium bromide, SYBR® Green I and II, methylene blue, DAPI, acridine orange and others. The table helps identify the stains, which can be used for various nucleic acid applications, and their detection limits by gel electrophoresis.


Application BlueView™ Ethidium bromide Methylene blue SYBR® Green I SYBR® Green II Pyronin Y DAPI Acridine Orange
DNA + + + +     + +
RNA   + +   + +   +
Fluorescent   +   + + + + +
Colormetric +   +     +    
Agarose + + + + +   + +
PAGE   + + + + +   +
Detection limits 0.2 µg DNA 1 ng DNA 5 ng DNA 60 pg DNA 0.5 ng RNA   0.5 µg DNA 50 ng DNA

Product Name Technical Bulletin Product #
Acridine orange hemi(zinc chloride) salt A6014
BlueView™ Stain in 10x TAE Buffer Powder Blend T8935
BlueView™ Stain in 10x TBE Buffer Powder Blend T9060
Ethidium bromide powder, for molecular biology E7637
Ethidium bromide tablet (100mg), for molecular biology   E2515
Ethidium bromide tablet (10mg), for molecular biology   E4391
Ethidium bromide aqueous solution, for molecular biology E1510
InstaStain™ (7cm x 7cm) I8029
InstaStain™ (14cm x 14cm) I8154
Extractor for Ethidium bromide decontamination   Z36,156-9
Pyronin Y P9172
SYBR® Green I nucleic acid gel stain S9430
SYBR® Green II RNA gel stain S9305

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