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ETHIDIUM BROMIDE

molecular biology> A paint 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 many used to separate nuclear and mitochondrial or plasmid DNA for analytical purposes. Because smaller intercalates into the circular DNA, the density remains higher. This entry appears with alow from the Vocabulary of Cell and Molecular Biology
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