Product Description
GelGreen is a sensitive, stable and environmentally safe green fluorescent nucleic acid dye designed to stain either dsDNA, ssDNA or RNA in agarose gels. GelGreen is far more sensitive than SYBR Safe. Unlike SYBR dyes, which are known to be unstable, GelGreen is very stable, both hydrolytically and thermally. GelGreen is compatible with either a 254 nm UV transilluminator or a gel reader equipped with visible light excitation (such as blue LED light box, 488 nm laser-based gel scanner, or Dark Reader). GelGreen can be used for either post-electrophoresis gel staining or precast gel staining. A series of safety tests have confirmed that GelGreen is noncytotoxic, nonmutagenic and nonhazardous at concentrations well above the working concentrations used in gel staining. As a result, working strength GelGreen can be safely disposed of down the drain or in regular trash, providing convenience and reducing cost in waste disposal. For new users, we recommend GelGreen 10,000X in water (catalog no. 41005), our latest formulation that eliminates the hazards of handling DMSO for better safety. We continue to offer GelGreen 10,000X solution in DMSO for established users who do not wish to change their existing laboratory protocols. Also see GelRed Nucleic Acid Gel Stain, our safer replacement for ethidium bromide.
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