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Ethidium bromide (or homidium bromide, [2] chloride salt homidium chloride) [3] [4] is an intercalating agent commonly used as a fluorescent tag (nucleic acid stain) in molecular biology laboratories for techniques such as agarose gel electrophoresis.
The preparation of EtBr stands as a model for the synthesis of bromoalkanes in general. It is usually prepared by the addition of hydrogen bromide to ethene: H 2 C=CH 2 + HBr → H 3 C-CH 2 Br. Bromoethane is inexpensive and would rarely be prepared in the laboratory.
By running DNA through an EtBr-treated gel and visualizing it with UV light, any band containing more than ~20 ng DNA becomes distinctly visible. EtBr is a known mutagen, [19] and safer alternatives are available, such as GelRed, produced by Biotium, which binds to the minor groove. [20] SYBR Green I is another dsDNA stain, produced by ...
An agarose gel cast in tray, to be used for gel electrophoresis. Agarose gel is a three-dimensional matrix formed of helical agarose molecules in supercoiled bundles that are aggregated into three-dimensional structures with channels and pores through which biomolecules can pass. [3]
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Apart from acting as the synthetic equivalent of an ethyl anion synthon for nucleophilic addition, ethylmagnesium bromide may be used as a strong base to deprotonate various substrates such as alkynes: [1]
SYBR Green I is marketed as a replacement for ethidium bromide, a potential human mutagen, as both safer to work with and free from the complex waste disposal issues of ethidium bromide. However any small molecule capable of binding DNA with high affinity is a possible carcinogen , including SYBR Green.
GelRed structurally consists of two ethidium subunits that are bridged by a linear oxygenated spacer. [1] [2] GelRed is a fluorophore, and its optical properties are essentially identical to those of ethidium bromide. When exposed to ultraviolet light, it fluoresces with an orange color that strongly intensifies after binding to DNA. [3]