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Can GelRed™ and GelGreen™ be used to stain ssDNA or RNA?

PostPosted: Tue 9 Dec 2014 22:29
by Interchim
Can GelRed™ and GelGreen™ be used to stain ssDNA or RNA?
FAQ from Biotium

GelRed and GelGreen can be used to stain both ssDNA and RNA, but GelRed is about 5 times more sensitive for single-stranded nucleic acids than GelGreen. Titration assays using a fluorescence microplate reader showed that the fluorescence signal of GelRed bound to ssDNA and RNA is about half that of GelRed bound to dsDNA.