Ethidium bromide

Biological Activity

Ethidium bromide is an embedded dye used for fluorescent labeling (nucleic acid staining) in molecular biology laboratory science, such as agarose gel electrophoresis.

Chemical Information

Molecular Weight	394.32
Formula	C21H20BrN3
CAS Number	1239-45-8
Form	Solid
Solubility (25°C)	H2O ≥ 100 mg/mL DMSO 25 mg/mL
Storage	4°C, protect from light, dry, sealed

References

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[3] Ali Fakhri. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. Assessment of Ethidium bromide and Ethidium monoazide bromide removal from aqueous matrices by adsorption on cupric oxide nanoparticles

[4] Alexey Petrov et al. Methods Enzymol. RNA purification by preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

[5] J Sigmon et al. Electrophoresis. The effect of ethidium bromide on mobility of DNA fragments in agarose gel electrophoresis