TheGel-Bright™LEDGelIlluminatorisalight-weight,non-UVlightboxfordetectionoffluorescentlylabelednucleicacidsandprotein.ThispatentedproductpossessesnovelfeaturesenablingimagingperformancesuperiortothatofotherLEDilluminatorsonthemarket.Theproprietarylightsourceanduniquefiltermechanismensureoptimalexcitationandclearvisualizationofbothgreenandredfluorescentdyes.
TheGel-Bright™LEDGelIlluminatorisoptimizedfordetectionofgreendyes,suchasGelGreen™andSYBR®Green.ItisalsocompatIBLewithreddyessuchasGelRed™, ethidiumbromide,andOne-StepLumitein™ProteinGelStain, howeverthesensitivityforthereddyesisnotashighasforthegreendyes.OthercompatiblefluorescentdyesarelistedinthePI.ThebaseoftheGel-Bright™containsanarrayofLEDlightsaroundtheperipheryofthegelbox,allowingforevenillumination.Abovethegelboxisamountedamberfilterthatallowsthevisualizationofafluorescentsignal.Thefiltercanbetiltedtoalloweasyaccesstothegelforprocessessuchasbandexcision,orloweredtoallowthegeltobephotographed.
TheGel-Bright™lightboxisidealforvisualizingandexcisingDNAbandsfromagel,sinceunlikeUVlight,theLEDlightsdonotcauseanydamagetotheDNAsample.TheGel-BrightisalsosaferfortheuserthanaUVlightbox.WhencombinedwithsafeandenvironmentallyfriendlyGelGreen™,Gel-Bright™isidealforeducatorsandotherusersthatpreferthesafestelecrophoresismethodspossible.
TheGel-Bright™LEDGelIlluminator isalsothebestlightsourcefor developingthestainingofgelsstainedwiththevisibleblueDNAgelstainDNAzure™. DNAzure™isanovel,visibleblueDNAgelstainwithincrediblyhighsensitivity.AfterstainingwithDNAzure™theDNAbandsfirstappearcolorless,butthenbecomedarkblueafterdevelopingwithlightexposure.ThebenefittousingDNAzure™insteadoffluorescentDNAdyesisthatoncethestainhasdeveloped,theDNAcanbevisualizedbyeye,withouttheneedforimagingequipment.Thisisparticularlyadvantageousforprocessessuchasgelexcision.
Features:
- SaferthanaUVtransilluminator.UVprotectiveeyewearorclothingarenot required
- NoUV-induceddamageofDNA
- Adjustablelightintensity
- LEDsangleddiagonally forevenilluminationthroughoutthegel
- Optimizedamberfiltertoimprovesignaltobackgroundratio
- Broaddyecompatibility:Optimizedforgreendyes,suchasGelGreen™andSYBR®Green,butalsocompatiblewithreddyessuchasGelRed™, thoughwithreducedsensitivity
- CompatiblewithOne-StepLumiteinProteinGelStain
- Ergonomicallydesignedforeasyaccesstothegel,forgelsliceexcision
- Multi-hingedamberfilterformaximumangleandheightpositioningoptions
- Uniquemoistureventingmechanismtopreventfoggingofamberfilter
- CanbeusedtofacilitategenerationofvisibleblueDNAbandswhenusingDNAzure™BlueNucleicAcidGelStain
