GelGreen™isasensitive,stableandenvironmentallysafegreenfluorescentnucleicaciddyedesignedtostaineitherdsDNA,ssDNAorRNAinagarosegels.GelGreen™isfarmoresensitivethanSYBRSafe.UnlikeSYBR®dyes,whichareknowntobeunstable,GelGreen™isverystable,bothhydrolyticallyandthermally.GelGreen™iscompatIBLewitheithera254nmUVtransIlluminatororagelreaderequippedwithvisiblelightexcitation(suchasblueLEDlightbox,488nmlaser-basedgelscanner,orDarkReader®).
GelGreen™canbeusedforeitherpost-electrophoresisgelstainingorprecastgelstaining.Fordetailedprotocolsforuse,pleasedownloadtheGelGreen™ProductInformationSheet.AlsoseeourGelRed™andGelGreen™FrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs).
AseriesofsafetytestshaveconfirmedthatGelGreen™isnoncytotoxic,nonmutagenicandnonhazardousatconcentrationswellabovetheworkingconcentrationsusedingelstaining.Asaresult,workingstrengthGelGreen™canbesafelydisposedofdownthedrainorinregulartrash,providingconvenienceandreducingcostinwastedisposal.Fordetailedtestresults,youmaydownloadacompleteGelRed/GelGreenSafetyReport.
Fornewusers,werecommendGelGreen™10,000Xinwater(catalogno.41005),ourlatestformulationthateliminatesthehazardsofhandlingDMSOforbettersafety.WecontinuetoofferGelGreen™10,000XsolutioninDMSOforestablisheduserswhodonotwishtochangetheirexistinglaboratoryprotocols.AlsoseeGelRed™NucleicAcidGelStain,oursaferreplacementforethidiumbromide.
FEATURES
- SaferthanEB:ShownbytheAmestestandotherteststobenonmutagenicandnoncytotoxic
- Easydisposal:Passedenvironmentalsafetytestsfordirectdisposalofworkingsolutionsdownthedrainorinregulartrash
- Ultra-sensitive:MuchmoresensitivethanEtBrandSYBR®Safe
- Extremelystable:Availableinwater,stableatroomtemperatureforlong-termstorageandmicrowavable
- Simpletouse:Verysimpleproceduresforprecastorpost-electrophoresisgelstaining
- CompatiblewithastandardUVtransilluminatororagelreaderwithvisiblelightexcitation:ReplacesSYBR®orGelStar®withnoopticalsettingchange
- Compatiblewithdownstreamapplications:Compatiblewithgelpurification,restrictiondigest,sequencingandcloning.
GelGreenandGelRedandtheirusesarecoveredbygrantedand/orpendingUSandInternationalpatents.SYBRisregisteredtrademarkofMolecularprobes,Inc;GelStarisaregisteredtrademarkofFMCcorporation;DarkReaderisaregisteredtrademarkofClareChemical.
References
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