ethidium

ethidium

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ethid·i·um (ə-thidґe-əm) a fluorochrome that intercalates across double-stranded nucleic acids, particularly DNA. Its bromide salt is used to detect DNA after electrophoresis or in cytochemical preparations. In veterinary pharmacology, it is used as a trypanosomicide and is usually called homidium.

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  • Ethidium — Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Ethidiumbromid Andere Namen Homidiumbromid ( …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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 homodimer assay — An ethidium homodimer assay can be used to detect dead or dying cells. Ethidium homodimer is a membrane impermiable fluorescent dye which binds to DNA DNA. After a cell sample has been stained with ethidium homodimer, the dead cells may be viewed …   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 — noun An intercalating agent commonly used as a nucleic acid stain, having the molecular formula CHBrN Syn: EtBr, ethidium …   Wiktionary

  • 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 — noun The cationic form of a polycyclic aromatic base, name 3,8 Diamino 5 ethyl 6 phenylphenanthridinium, whose bromide is used as a stain for nucleic acids …   Wiktionary

  • ethidium — ethid·i·um …   English syllables

  • ethidium — …   Useful english dictionary

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