- ethidium bromide
- noun Etymology: ethyl + -id + -ium Date: circa 1959 a fluorescent mutagenic biological dye C21H20BrN3 that is used especially to stain nucleic acids
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Ethidium bromide — Chembox new ImageFile = EtBr2.jpg ImageSize = IUPACName = 3,8 Diamino 5 ethyl 6 phenylphenanthridinium bromide OtherNames = 2,7 Diamino 10 ethyl 6 phenylphenanthridinium bromide, 2,7 Diamino 10 ethyl 9 phenylphenanthridinium bromide, 3,8 Diamino… … Wikipedia
ethidium bromide — A dye that intercalates into DNA and to some extent RNA. Intercalation into linear DNA is easier than into circular DNA and the addition of ethidium bromide to DNA prior to ultracentrifugation on a caesium chloride gradient is much used to… … Dictionary of molecular biology
ethidium bromide — etidžio bromidas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Dažiklis, gebantis įsiterpti į DNR ir išsukti dviviję spiralę. formulė C₂₁H₂₀N₃⁺·Br⁻ atitikmenys: angl. ethidium bromide rus. этидийбромид … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
ethidium bromide — noun An intercalating agent commonly used as a nucleic acid stain, having the molecular formula CHBrN Syn: EtBr, ethidium … Wiktionary
ethidium bromide — A sensitive fluorochrome that binds to DNA; used in cytochemistry and electrophoresis. * * * ethid·ium bromide e thid ē əm n a fluorescent mutagenic biological dye C21H20BrN3 that is used esp. to stain nucleic acids … Medical dictionary
ethidium bromide — A dye commonly used to stain DNA … Forensic science glossary
ethidium bromide — [ɛ θɪdɪəm] noun Chemistry a purple synthetic dye used in the treatment of trypanosome blood infection, to stain DNA, and to destroy the superhelical structure of DNA … English new terms dictionary
ethidium bromide — A fluorescent dye which can intercalate between base pairs of double stranded DNA, and hence is much used to stain DNA in gels. The dye fluoresces when exposed to UV light. It is a known to be a strong mutagen and is also possibly both a… … Glossary of Biotechnology
ethidium bromide — e¦thidēəm noun Etymology: ethyl + phenanthridinium : a biological dye that is a phenanthridine derivative used as a trypanocide and to block nucleic acid synthesis (as in mitochondria) … Useful english dictionary
Ethidium — Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Ethidiumbromid Andere Namen Homidiumbromid ( … Deutsch Wikipedia
