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Nucleic Acid Electrophoresis

Dyes & Stains



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 sg_dd_hts_tbicon
G2526
Gel Loading Solution Type I sg_dd_hts_tbicon G7654
RNA Sample Loading Buffer Without Ethidium bromide sg_dd_hts_tbicon R1386
RNA Sample Loading Buffer With Ethidium bromide sg_dd_hts_tbicon 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 sg_dd_hts_tbicon A6014
BlueView™ Stain in 10x TAE Buffer Powder Blend sg_dd_hts_tbicon T8935
BlueView™ Stain in 10x TBE Buffer Powder Blend sg_dd_hts_tbicon T9060
Ethidium bromide powder, for molecular biology sg_dd_hts_tbicon 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) sg_dd_hts_tbicon
I8029
InstaStain™ (14cm x 14cm) sg_dd_hts_tbicon
I8154
Extractor for Ethidium bromide decontamination   Z361569
Pyronin Y sg_dd_hts_tbicon P9172
SYBR® Green I nucleic acid gel stain
S9430
SYBR® Green II RNA gel stain sg_dd_hts_tbicon S9305

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