Name: GelGreen™ Nucleic Acid Stain Gel Stain, 10,000X in Water
SKU: G-745
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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, GelGreen™ can be safely disposed of down the drain or in regular trash, providing convenience and reducing cost in waste disposal.

GelGreen™ 10,000X solution in water is the latest formulation that eliminates the hazards of handling DMSO for better safety. We also carry GelGreen™ 10,000X solution in DMSO (Catalog # G-740), for the established users of GelGreen™ in DMSO, who do not wish to change their laboratory protocols. The performance and stability of GelGreen™ 10,000X is comparable in both the water and DMSO formulations.

Features

Safer than Ethidum Bromide	Shown by the Ames test and other tests to be nonmutagenic and noncytotoxic
Easy disposal	Passed environmental safety tests for direct disposal down the drain or in regular trash
Ultra-sensitive	Higher sensitivity than EtBr and SYBR® Safe
Extremely stable	Available in water, stable at room temperature for long-term storage and microwavable
Simple to use	Very simple procedures for precast or post-electrophoresis gel staining
Compatible with a standard UV transilluminator or a gel reader with visible light excitation	Replaces SYBR® or GelStar® with no optical setting change
Compatible with downstream applications	Compatible with gel purification, restriction digest, sequencing and cloning

Storage/Handling: Store at room temperature. Protect from light.

GelGreen and GelRed and their uses are covered by US patent numbers 7960498, 7803943, and 8232050. SYBR is registered trademark of Molecular Probes, Inc; GelStar is a registered trademark of FMC Corporation; Dark Reader is a registered trademark of Clare Chemical.