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What are the advantages of using blue light to view DNA stained with SYBR® Safe DNA gel stain?

April 26, 2017advantages BLUE dna gel light safe stain stained sybr® view

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What are the advantages of using blue light to view DNA stained with SYBR® Safe DNA gel stain?

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Unlike UV light, blue light causes minimal damage to DNA and is therefore safer for you and better for your DNA sample. Use of SYBR® Safe DNA gel stain and the Safe Imager™ blue-light transilluminator gives improved cloning efficiency over DNA stained with ethidium bromide and exposed to UV light.