Staining DNA on nylon?

[Steven Brenner]

In article <1993Mar2.173545.20132 at news.yale.edu> ALSOBROOK at biomed.med.yale.edu (John Alsobrook) writes:
   In <1993Feb26.124033.770 at otago.ac.nz> bioc07 at otago.ac.nz writes:
   > By an act of omission, an acrylamide gel containing DNA was
   > electroblotted before the DNA could be stained with EthBr. Is there an
   > easy way to stain the membrane after Southern blotting to get the
   > position of the markers and such. 
   > 
   > Many thanks
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   >         Craig Marshall          bioc07 at otago.ac.nz                          
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	Sorry, I didn't see this posting the first time.  The Maniatis
book claims that you can also stain DNA on the filter (make sure you
fix it there first.  Indeed, if you haven't fixed it, you can always
electroblot it back into a (different) gel!) using EthBr, just as in
the gel.  I've tried this, and gotten mediocre results, but results
nonetheless.
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