Xylene Cyanol FF is used as a:histological stain and as tracker dye in DNA sequencing and electrophoresisgel-loading dyeformamide RNA loading dyetracking dye in native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) loading buffer
Biochem/physiol Actions
Xylene Cyanol FF acts as nucleic acid stain.
General description
Xylene cyanol is often used as a tracking dye during agarose or polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It has a slight negative charge and will migrate the same direction as DNA, allowing the user to monitor the progress of molecules moving through the gel. The rate of migration varies with gel composition.
Packaging
10 g in glass bottle
Reconstitution
A 6x Gel Loading Buffer can be made using standard recipes, including 0.05% xylene cyanol.