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What is the charge of ethidium bromide?

Posted December 2, 2021


Answer

Ethidium bromide has a neutral charge in its crystalline form but acquires a positive charge in an aqueous environment. During electrophoresis, positively charged ethidium bromide molecules travel towards the negative electrode

Additional resources

On the electronic structure of ethidium

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