Ethidium Bromide Safety
Monday, April 26, 2010
, Posted by Lab Coat at 1:21 PM
So I recently just put my bare hands into a tub of this on accident! Anyone that will take a Biology or Genetics Lab will probably come across this chemical.
Use: To detect nucleic acids in agarose gel's during electrophoresis.
Hazard: MUTAGEN!! when ethidium bromide makes its way into your cell it can slip in between your base pairs of DNA and affect replication and transcription .
For more information http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Ethidium_bromide
-K.B.-
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