ViSafe Red Gel Stain (10000X in water)

ViSafe Red Gel Stain is a stable, sensitive and environmentally safe fluorescent nucleic acid dye for staining double stranded DNA (dsDNA), single stranded DNA (ssDNA) or RNA in agarose gels or polyacrylamide gels.

ViSafe Red Gel Stain is designed to replace the highly toxic ethidium bromide (EtBr). Both red gel stain and EtBr have the same spectra, so the red gel stain able to replace the EtBr without changing existing imaging system. The dye is confirmed by Ames test results that it is impenetrable to latex gloves and cell membranes. By using the suggested working concentrations in gel staining, the red gel stain is proven unable to cross cell membranes; and it is noncytotoxic and nonmutagenic at working concentrations.

ViSafe Red Gel Stain, 10000X in H2O, can be diluted 10000X for precast gel protocol or 3000-3300X for post gel staining. One vial (0.5ml) of 10000X solution can be used for at least 100 minigels either using precast method or poststaining method.