E-Gel
™
Power Snap Electrophoresis System User Guide
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Choosing the right gel
To obtain the best results for your application, it is important to choose the correct agarose
percentage and well format. The tables below list the various types of gel and resolution for each
gel type.
Analytical gels
E-Gel
™
EX
Agarose Gels
E-Gel
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EX
Double Comb
Agarose Gels
E-Gel
™
SYBR
™
Safe
Agarose Gels
E-Gel
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Double
Comb SYBR
™
Safe
Agarose Gels
E-Gel
™
Go!
Agarose Gels
Application
Fast separation and high sensitivity
sample analysis
Routine gel separation
For very low
sample
throughput
No rows
1 row
2 rows
1 row
2 rows
1 row
Loading
wells
11 wells
22 wells
12
22 wells
4
Loading
volume
20 μL
20 µL
20 μL
20 µL
10 μL
Stain
SYBR
™
Gold II
SYBR
™
Gold II
SYBR
™
Safe
SYBR
™
Safe
SYBR
™
Gold II
Detection
sensitivity
0.5 ng/band
0.5 ng/band
3 ng/band
3 ng/band
0.5 ng/band
% Agarose
1%, 2%, 4%
1%, 2%
1%, 2%, 4%
1%, 2%
1%, 2%
Separation
range
1%: 100 bp - 5kb
2%: 50 bp - 2kb
4%: 10 bp – 500bp
1%: 100 bp - 5kb
2%: 50 bp - 2kb
1%: 100 bp -
5kb
2%: 50 bp - 2kb
4%: 10bp –
500bp
1%: 100 bp - 5kb
2%: 50 bp - 2kb
1%: 100 bp - 4kb
2%: 50 bp - 2kb
Run time
1%, 2%: 10-20min
4%: 15-20min
1%, 2%: 5-8min
1%, 2%:
26-40min
4%: 30-40min
1%, 2%: 13-15min
15-30min
Access to
sample
Yes (openable)
No
Gels for preparative gel electrophoresis in Cloning and NGS applications
E-Gel
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CloneWell II
E-Gel
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Size Select II
E-Gel
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NGS
Application
Target fragment isolation
in cloning workflow
Low range fragment
library size selection in
NGS workflow
High range fragment
library size selection
No rows
2 rows: 1 loading row and
1 recovery row
2 rows: 1 loading row and
1 recovery row
1 row with sample loading
wells
Loading wells
7
7
10 + 1 marker lane
Loading volume
25 μL
25 μL
20 μL
Stain
SYBR
™
Safe
SYBR
™
Gold II
SYBR
™
Safe
Detection sensitivity
3 ng / band
0.5 ng / band
3 ng / band
% Agarose
0.8%
2%
0.8%
Separation range
100 bp – 6 kb
50 bp – 2 kb
800 bp – 10 kb
Run time
12-40 min
8-20 min
26-32 min
Access to sample
Sample recovered via
elution wells
Sample recovered via
elution wells
Openable cassette.
Manual gel excision.