SYBR® Safe is a cyanine dye used as a nucleic acid stain in molecular biology. SYBR® Safe is one of a number of SYBR® dyes made by the Life Technologies Corporation. SYBR® Safe binds to DNA. The resulting DNA-dye-complex absorbs blue light (λmax = 509 nm) and emits green light (λmax = 524 nm).
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