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|  Name = Xylene cyanol
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|  CASNo = 2650-17-1
|  SMILES = [Na+].CCNc1ccc(cc1C)/C(=C2/C=C\C(=[NH+]\CC)<br />C(=C2)C)c3ccc(OS([O-])=O)cc3OS([O-])=O
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|  Formula = C<sub>25</sub>H<sub>27</sub>N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>S<sub>2</sub>Na
|  MolarMass = 538.61 g/mol
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'''Xylene cyanol''' (XC) is most commonly used as an [[agarose gel electrophoresis]] size marker. It runs alongside different DNA length markers depending on the % of the agarose gel. Despite its smaller molecular weight of 539g/mol it runs slower than [[bromophenol blue]] (670g/mol) because of its charge (1 net negative charge).
'''Xylene cyanol''' can be used as a color marker to monitor the process of [[agarose gel electrophoresis]] and [[polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis]]; in 1% agarose gels, it typically migrates at about the same rate as a 4000 base pair DNA fragment. [[Bromophenol blue]] and [[orange G]] can also be used for this purpose.


* 10'000 bp at 0.7%
Xylene cyanol is also known as '''xylene cyanole''', '''Acid Blue 147''', '''xylene cyanol FF''', '''C.I. 42135''',  ,and sometimes as '''xylene cyanole FF'''.
* 4000 bp at 1.5%
* 750 bp at 2.0%
* 200 bp at 3.0%


== order information ==
==References==
* CAS 2650-17-1


* e.g. [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/ProductDetail.do?N4=X4126|SIGMA&N5=SEARCH_CONCAT_PNO|BRAND_KEY&F=SPEC Sigma Xylene Cyanol FF X4126] 10g at around €50
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== see also ==
[[Category:Triarylmethane dyes]]
* [[agarose gel loading buffer]]
* [[agarose gel electrophoresis]]
* [[Cresol Red]] - faster than XC
* [[Bromophenol blue]] - faster than XC


== external links ==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylene_cyanol Xylene cyanol in the wikipedia]


[[Category:Material]] [[Category:Agarose gel electrophoresis]] [[Category:Dye]]
[[pt:Xileno cianol]]
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Xylene cyanol can be used as a color marker to monitor the process of agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; in 1% agarose gels, it typically migrates at about the same rate as a 4000 base pair DNA fragment. Bromophenol blue and orange G can also be used for this purpose.

Xylene cyanol is also known as xylene cyanole, Acid Blue 147, xylene cyanol FF, C.I. 42135, ,and sometimes as xylene cyanole FF.

References


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