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EZBlue™ Gel Staining Reagent

Synonym(s):

protein gel stain, protein stain

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
41105300
NACRES:
NA.32

technique(s)

protein staining: suitable

Quality Level

200

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

Convenient, sensitive, and safe, EZBlue™ Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 colloidal protein stain improves protein electrophoresis results while significantly reducing staining time. Conveniently packaged, EZBlue requires no messy weigh-ups or additions of methanol or acid. As a colloidal stain, it reacts only with proteins, not the gel itself. Background staining is reduced, so protein bands can be visualized almost immediately. No destaining step is required, although a water wash may intensify bands and clarify the background. Most impressively, EZBlue is extremely sensitive, detecting as little as 5 ng of protein.

Application

EZBlue Gel Staining Reagent has been used as a staining reagent in sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE).

Features and Benefits

  • Premixed solution eliminates the time and effort required to prepare the stain
  • Increased sensitivity ensures that low abundance proteins can be detected (as little as 5 ng)
  • Rapid reaction significantly reduces the amount of time required to stain and rinse
  • No solvent waste so you save time and money by eliminating hazardous material disposal

Other Notes

A ready-to-use Brilliant Blue G-250 based protein stain for "one step" ultrasensitive detection on polyacrylamide gels and PVDF membranes.

Legal Information

EZBlue is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC
SIGMA-ALDRICH is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Pictograms

Health hazardCorrosion
GHS08,GHS05

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H290,H315,H319,H371

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 2

Target Organs

Eyes,Central nervous system

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Annals of Neurology, 65, 424-434 (2009)
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Electrophoresis, 38(16), 2060-2068 (2017-04-27)
PAGE is the most widely used technique for the separation and biochemical analysis of biomolecules. The ever growing field of proteomics and genomics necessitates the analysis of many proteins and nucleic acid samples to understand further about the structure and
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Currently no validated animal model is predictive of human responses in ranking purified dietary proteins in the prevalence or potency of food allergy in humans. Since the gastrointestinal microbiota is thought to influence oral tolerance, we hypothesize that a germ-free
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