S9305

SYBR^® Green II RNA gel stain

10,000 × in DMSO

• Synonym(s): RNA gel dye, SYBR^® RNA dye, safer gel stain
• CAS Number: 172827-25-7
• EC Number: 200-664-3
• MDL number: MFCD00284716
• NACRES: NA.52

Properties

• usage: mL sufficient for 100 mini-gels
• Quality Level: 100
• greener alternative product characteristics: Designing Safer Chemicals; Learn more about the Principles of Green Chemistry.
• concentration: 10,000 × in DMSO
• greener alternative category: Aligned
• storage temp.: −20°C

Description

General description

SYBR^® Green II is a highly sensitive stain for post electrophoresis staining of RNA and ssDNA in agarose or polyacrylamide gels. SYBR^® Green II is not selective for RNA staining but does exhibit a higher quantum yield when bound to RNA than to double stranded DNA.

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Application

SYBR^® Green II RNA gel stain has been used:

• for the quantification of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in Escherichia coli
• for staining 5′-ETS rRNA species separated on polyacrylamide gel prior to Northern blot analysis
• to stain formaldehyde agarose gels to visualize RNA bands

Features and Benefits

• Ultrasensitive stain for post-electrophoresis staining of RNA and ssDNA
• Excited maximally at 497 nm with a secondary excitation peak at 254nm
• The fluorescence emission of SYBR^®Green II stained RNA is centered at 520 nm
• Staining agarose/formaldehyde gels with SYBR Green II does not interfere with the transfer of RNA to membranes or subsequent hybridization in Northern blot analysis as long as 0.1% -0.3% SDS is included in prehybridization and hybridization buffers to remove the dye
• Might facilitate the detection of viroid RNAs and multicopy cellular RNA species
• More sensitive than ethidium bromide in applications that require extremely sensitive detection techniques such as single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis

Legal Information

SYBR is a registered trademark of Life Technologies

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 10 - Combustible liquids
• WGK: WGK 3
• Flash Point(F): 188.6 °F - closed cup
• Flash Point(C): 87 °C - closed cup
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves