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Ethidium

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Ethidium Bromide. A chemical compound that fluoresces in UV light, and that binds specifically to DNA. A carcinogene. EthBr is used to reveal bands of DNA on gels after they have run during an electrophoresis experiment. So it is similar to a dye for staining DNA

View Dr Chromo's lecture on 'The migration of DNA on agarose gels'.

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