Ethidium bromide

AbMole BioScience

Ethidium bromide

9

1239-45-8

Chemical

Research Use Only

C21H20BrN3

394.32

Ethidium bromide is an embedded dye used for fluorescent labeling (nucleic acid staining) in molecular biology laboratory science, such as agarose gel electrophoresis. Ethidium bromide intercalates double-stranded DNA and RNA and acts as a frameshift mutagen. It can also be used in conjunction with acridine orange to differentiate between viable, apoptotic and necrotic cells.

[Br-].CC[N+]1=C2C=C(N)C=CC2=C3C=CC(=CC3=C1C4=CC=CC=C4)N

4°C, protect from light, dry, sealed

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