DNA with RNA

[Alex Dobrovic]

This is not an answer to your question but a lot of RNA can  diminish the
fluorescence of DNA as the front of RNA kind of acts like an EtBr vacuum
cleaner. THis problem should not occur if you post-stain with EtBr.

>Hi there,
>          Please, I would like to know how much RNA can interfere with
>the migration of DNA molecules on a agarosis gel ? Can it arrest the DNA
>or pull the bands to a lower position in the gel ?
>         Mozart

mdamarin at usp.br (Mozart de Azevedo Marins)

Alexander Dobrovic, Ph. D.
Chief Scientist
Department of Haematology-Oncology
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Woodville, SA 5011, Australia

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Department of Medicine
University of Adelaide

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