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Can glycerol be used in SDS-PAGE?

Posted July 17, 2024


Chemical Reagents
DNA and RNA Quantitation
Gel Electrophoresis
Nucleic Acids
Answer

Yes, Glycerol can be used in SDS-PAGE. Glycerol is added to the loading buffer to increase density of the sample, so it does not diffuse out of the gel.

Additional resources

Effect of glycerol on the separation of nucleosomes and bent DNA in low ionic strength polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

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