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What is the difference between uses of Agarose gel electrophoresis and Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis?

Posted April 17, 2020


Answer

Agarose gel electrophoresis has lower resolution and is good for analyzing larger molecules. It is generally easier to prepare and takes less time to run. On the other hand, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) has higher resolution and is suitable for analyzing small molecules, such as miRNA.

Additional resources

Helixyte™ Green Nucleic Acid Gel Stain *10,000X DMSO Solution*

Gelite™ Green Nucleic Acid Gel Staining Kit

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