GlycoBlue Coprecipitant consists of a blue dye covalently linked to glycogen, a branched chain carbohydrate, which is useful as a nucleic acid coprecipitant. The attached dye increases visibility of the pellet. This product is an ideal coprecipitant in nuclease protection assays at 1/100 dilution of stock solution.
Features of GlycoBlue Coprecipitant:
• Ideal for RT-PCR
• Increases pellet mass and visibility
• Quantitative recovery of low concentrations (ng/mL) of nucleic acid
• Prevents pellet loss in nuclease protection assays
What is a coprecipitant?
Coprecipitants are inert substances used to aid recovery of nucleic acids during alcohol precipitations. While they can be used for precipitating large amounts of nucleic acids, they are essential for quantitative recovery of small amounts of nucleic acids in dilute solutions. Often, the use of such molecules is desirable for no other reason but visualization of the pelleted precipitate after centrifugation.