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Why are gels stained?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

To develop the position of the proteins or nucleic acids bands. The most common stains for proteins are Coomassie brilliant blue and Amido black (among others), and for nucleic acids is ethidium bromide (this compound form a complex with the DNA double helix and is fluorescent under short-range UV light).

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