Polyacrylamide gels

Recommended polyacrylamide % for separation in denaturing gels

% AcrylamideEffective range of separation (nucleotides)
3.5>500
5151-500
1061-150
1530-60
20<30


Dye migration in denaturing polyacrylamide gels

% AcrylamideXylene Cyanol (nucleotides)Bromophenol Blue (nucleotides)
513035
610626
87519
105512
20288

Adapted from Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F., and Maniatis, T. (1989) in: Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory.

Dye migration in nondenaturing polyacrylamide gels

% AcrylamideEffective range of separation (bp)Xylene Cyanol (nucleotides)Bromophenol Blue (nucleotides)
3.5100-1000460100
5100-50026065
860-40016045
1250-2007020
1525-1506015
205-1004512

Adapted from Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F., and Maniatis, T. (1989) in: Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory.


Agarose gels

Recommended agarose percentage for size separation

% AgaroseSize fragments separated (bp)
0.51,000 to 30,000
0.7800 to 12,000
1.0500 to 10,000
1.2400 to 7,000
1.5200 to 3,000
3-4 (sieving agarose)10 to 1,000

Adapted from Ausubel, F.M., Brent, R., Kingston, R.E., Moore, D.D., Seidman, J.G., Smith, J.A., Struhl, K. (1995) in "Current Protocols in Molecular Biology."


Gel electrophoresis resources


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