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DNA dyes stain deoxyribonucleic acid for laboratory purposes such as detection and quantification. Many DNA dyes also bind to RNA and could be more broadly described as nucleic acid stains. Common dyes included [[ethidium bromide]] (EtBr), esp. for [[agarose gel electrophoresis]] of DNA, and [[DAPI]] for staining the cell nucleus in [[fluorescent microscopy]].


== See also ==
* [[agarose gel electrophoresis]]
* [[ethidium bromide]], [[SYBR Green I]], [[SYBR Green II]], [[SYBR Gold]]
* [[DAPI]]

Wikipedia entries for:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethidium_bromide ethidium bromide], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYBR_green SYBR Green 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYBR_safe SYBR safe]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAPI DAPI], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoechst_stain Hoechst], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propidium_iodide propidium iodide], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOYO-1 YOYO 1]