SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is a commonly used techniques for the analysis of proteins and nucleic acids. In this technique, proteins or nucleic acids migrate in a gel made of acrylamide and bis-acrylamide polymer. The gel acts as a molecular weight sieve and under the influence of an electric field, the biomolecules migrate in the gel and separate out according to their molecular weights. To visualize their separation of the on the gel, the gel must be stained. One technique of gel staining is called Silver Staining. In this technique, silver nitrate is used as a source of silver ions. When the gel is dipped in a solution containing silver nitrate, the silver ions bind to the proteins or nucleic acids on the gel via interactions with groups like amines, sulfhydryl, etc. To visualize the bands, the gel must be developed by reducing the silver ions to metallic silver, resulting in the bands being stained a brownish-black colour. Silver staining is an extremely sensitive staining method. The DNA Silver staining Kit from Genei contains all the reagents required for performing silver staining in a simple manner.

Product specifications:

Product name: DNA Silver staining Kit

Catalogue number: 2602100011730

Brand: Genei

Quantity: 10 gels of 15 cm * 18 cm each