Ethidium Bromide Fluorescence

[Jose I. de las Heras]

Sergio wrote:
> 
> AFAIK ethidium bromide also fluoresces when not binded to DNA....

but how intensely?

if there wasn't a marked difference in fluorescence it would be useless
to "stain" DNA. 

Jose

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