
Nucleic Acid Electrophoresis & Blotting
Bio-Rad’s selection of electrophoresis and blotting instruments for nucleic acids includes submerged horizontal and vertical cells in various sizes, PFGE systems, and solutions for sequencing and mutation detection.
Nucleic Acid Electrophoresis & Blotting Equipment
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Horizontal Electrophoresis Systems
Our Sub-Cell family of submerged horizontal electrophoresis cells enable versatile, multiple-sample, and rapid-screening DNA applications on precast or handcast gels in a variety of different gel sizes.
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Vertical Electrophoresis Systems
Electrophoresis cells and precast polyacrylamide gels are offered for high-resolution separation of nucleic acids in mini and midi formats. The gels are available in different sizes and buffer formulations.
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Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis Systems
Three CHEF systems that incorporate different technologies for optimal resolution in various size ranges, such as PACE, FIGE, and AFIGE are offered. Agarose, reagents, standards, and kits for PFGE are available.
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Nucleic Acid Blotting
Vacuum blotter, buffers, membranes, and equipment are offered for blotting DNA or RNA from an agarose gel onto membranes. Membranes include nitrocellulose, Zeta-Probe, Zeta-Probe GT, and C/P Lift membranes.
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Power Supplies
From basic to high-voltage capacity, our power supplies provide simple programming in a compact, stackable case.
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Mutation Analysis
The DCode universal mutation detection system enables mutation detection by various electrophoretic techniques.

Free Gel Excision Kit
Sterile and safe removal of bands from gels.
Imaging & Analysis Equipment
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Imaging Systems & Software
Detect, image and quantify DNA/RNA gels stained with ethidium bromide, SYBR Green I, SYBR Safe Dye, Coumarin Stain, and Fast Blast DNA Stain.
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Mini Transilluminator
UView 6x Loading Dye plus Mini Transilluminator includes dual-action DNA stain and loading dye, and personal UV transilluminator for visualizing agarose gel.
Gels & Standards
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Horizontal Electrophoresis Precast Gels
Choose from a variety of Precast ReadyAgarose gels in mini, wide, or 96-well DNA electrophoresis gels in 1% or 3% agarose, TBE or TAE buffer, with or without ethidium bromide formats.
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Mini-PROTEAN TBE Precast Gels
Mini-PROTEAN TBE precast gels are suitable for electrophoresis of nucleic acids from 50 to 2,000 base pairs; they are ideal for analysis of the purity of PCR products, standard dsDNA analysis, and RNase protection assays.
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Mini-PROTEAN TBE-Urea Precast Gels
Mini-PROTEAN TBE-Urea precast gels maintain denaturing conditions for analysis of single-stranded DNA and RNA. Nucleic acids between 60 and 200 bases are resolved as sharp, distinct bands.
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Criterion TBE Precast Gels
TBE gels are suitable for electrophoresis of nucleic acids from 50 to 2,000 base pairs; they are ideal for evaluation of the purity of PCR products and standard DNA analyses.
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Criterion TBE-Urea Precast Gels
TBE-urea gels maintain denaturing conditions for analysis of single-stranded DNA and RNA between 60 and 200 bases. Designed for the traditional 13.3 x 8.7 cm mini vertical format.
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Nucleic Acid Rulers/Ladders
Nucleic acid standards include molecular rulers with evenly spaced banding patterns (DNA ladders), EZ Load standards premixed with loading buffer, and specialty products, such as pulsed field standards.
Buffers & Reagents

Nucleic Acid Buffers & Reagents
Nucleic acid electrophoresis buffers and reagents are available as individual reagents or as premixed buffers. Products include agarose powders and buffers for sample loading, gel casting, and electrophoresis.
Stains & Tracking Dyes

Nucleic Acid Stains & Tracking Dyes
Stains and tracking dyes are offered for detecting nucleic acids in gels and monitoring electrophoresis runs. Silver stains and fluorescent gel stains are provided to detect nanogram quantities of nucleic acids.
Resources
PCR Troubleshooting Guide
Our self-help troubleshooting guide covers solutions to many common and not-so-common PCR issues.
Electrophoresis Guide
The 2-D Doctor is a self-help guide developed by Bio-Rad that enables you to identify and troubleshoot your 2-D gel issues.
Applications & Technologies
Horizontal Electrophoresis
Gel boxes, running buffers, available agarose types, as well as factors affecting resolution of DNA fragments, to help with agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA.
Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis
How can large DNA fragments be separated using PFGE? How to prepare plugs, optimize sample resolution, analyze images, and troubleshoot PFGE gels? Explore.
Imaging and Analysis
Comparison of parameters, sensitivity, and data analysis using Bio-Rad imaging systems and software to determine which imaging system is ideal for your application.