1 % Ethidium bromide solution 25 mL

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1 % Ethidium bromide, aqueous solution (w/v)

(2,7-Diamino-10-ethyl-9-phenylphenanthridium bromide) Ethidium bromide is an intercalating agent for nucleic acids. It is widely used for staining of nucleic acids after electrophoresis on agarose or acrylamide gels and for fluorescent labeling on a cesium chloride gradient. As Ethidium bromide is a powerful mutagen and moderately toxic it is highly recommended to use gloves and the GENAXXON bioscience ready-to-use solutions. Lunn G. and Sansone E.B. (1987) Anal. Biochem., 162, 453 - Sambrock J., Fritsch & E.F. and Maniatis T (1989) Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.