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Ethidium Bromide, commonly used during [[gel electrophoresis|gel electrophoresis]] in molecular biology labs, is a fluorescent tag which intercalates with [[DsDNA|double-stranded DNA]] and [[RNA|RNA]] (due to it's tendancy to fold back on itself and create localised sections of [[Watson-Crick|Watson-Crick]] interaction, and emits an orange glow when under [[UV|UV]] light.
Ethidium Bromide is commonly used during [[Gel electrophoresis|gel electrophoresis]] in molecular biology labs. The Ethidium Bromide intercalates itself between base pairs allowing the DNA banding pattern to be visualised when illuminated with a UV light source.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8957173</ref>
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 09:57, 22 October 2013

Ethidium Bromide is commonly used during gel electrophoresis in molecular biology labs. The Ethidium Bromide intercalates itself between base pairs allowing the DNA banding pattern to be visualised when illuminated with a UV light source.[1]



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  1. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8957173
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