Hybridization cocktails, IV 50% Formamide

Hybridization cocktails, IV 50% Formamide: Hybridization cocktails are formulated to optimize complimentary base-pairing of DNA and RNA for Southern, Northern, and in situ hybridizations. Each component serves to facilitate this function, through stabilizing the nucleic acids, lowering melting temperatures, concentrating the nucleic acids in solution, or blocking/reducing background.