sybr green vs sybr gold - (Aug/26/2008 )

Hey guys!

What are the main differences between sybr green and sybr gold?
I thought that the way they stain DNA is the same, but it seems that sybr gold is more sensitive. Am I right?
Any other difference? Can they be used with in the same applications???

I know that's a quite useless question...
Thank you in advance for your suggestions!
ILA

Any clue?

the main difference is the color

sorry ila, i have no idea!

Where is cellcounter and his vadlo site when you need him? We only use the green and not the gold Ila but I found this ref in Pubmed (at least it's for one application):
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2005 43(8):841-2.
Comparative analysis of the DNA staining efficiencies of different fluorescent dyes in preparative agarose gel electrophoresis.

and I suppose this is also a useless reply...but what the heck, it's Friday ...and it's nice to talk about green and gold....