User guide

2 | Gel Doc XR+ Imager
22 | Gel Doc XR+ and ChemiDoc XRS+ Systems with Image Lab Software
Gel Doc XR+ Applications
The Gel Doc XR+ system is capable of running a wide variety of protocols. Below
are examples of the detection reagents, listed by application, that can be used to
image your samples. Contact Bio-Rad technical support to determine whether your
application can be imaged on this instrument.
See Chapter 6, Acquiring Images, for information about designing protocols.
Nucleic Acid Gels
 Ethidium bromide  SYBR
®
Gold
 Fast Blast™  SYBR
®
Green
 GelGreen  SYBR
®
Safe
 GelRed
Protein Gels
 Coomassie Blue  Oriole™ fluorescent gel stain
 Coomassie Fluor Orange  Silver stain
 Copper stain  SYPRO Ruby
 Flamingo™ fluorescent gel
stain
 Zinc stain
 Krypton
Blots
 Alexa Fluor 488  Fluorescein
 Colorimetric reagent  Qdot 525
 Cy2  Qdot 565
 DyLight 488  Qdot 625