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. For detailed protocols for use, please request the GelGreen® Product Information Sheet. Also request our GelRed® and GelGreen® Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

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, working strength GelGreen® can be safely disposed of down the drain or in regular trash, providing convenience and reducing cost in waste disposal. Also see GelRed® Nucleic Acid Gel Stain, our safer replacement for ethidium bromide.

FEATURES

• Safer than EB: Shown by the Ames test and other tests to be nonmutagenic and noncytotoxic

• Easy disposal: Passed environmental safety tests for direct disposal of working solutions down the drain or in regular trash

• Ultra-sensitive: Much more sensitive 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.

GelGreen® and GelRed® and their uses are covered by granted and/or pending US and International patents. 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.