Life Science Buffers
Balanced salt solutions and powders used for molecular, protein, nucleic acid, and cell biology applications including cell culture, electrophoresis, ELISA, and chromatography processes; available in a variety of formulations and grades.
Buffer solutions serve to keep pH (acidity or alkalinity) nearly constant in a variety of chemical and biological applications. For example, a bicarbonate buffer helps maintain the pH of blood, a buffered saline maintains cellular contents at a consistent pH level, and buffers help maintain a narrow pH range for enzymes to function correctly.
Most biological samples used in research are kept at a pH of about 7.4. Common biological buffers used for tissue culture include Dulbeccos phosphate buffered saline (PBS), Tris base, HEPES, MOPS, PIPES, and other formulations developed for specific cell lines or applications. Most buffers used in cell culture are also DNase-, RNase-, and protease-free.
The choice of buffer for a particular biological reaction or site depends on several factors:
- Temperature
- Desired or target pH
- Buffer toxicity (to the system)
- Buffer interactions with other system components
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Growcells PBS 10X 2L EA
Sterile 10X Phosphate-Buffered Saline solution concentrate prepared with 18.2 megOhm water, 0.2 micron sterile filtered and steam sterilized in final packaging. Recipe/L: NaCl 80g, KCl 2g, Na2HPO4 14.4g, KH2PO4 2.4g
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Growcells PBS 1X 10L EA
Ready to use, sterile 1X Phosphate-Buffered Saline solution prepared with 18.2 megOhm water, 0.2 micron sterile filtered and steam sterilized in final packaging. Recipe/L: NaCl 8g, KCl 0.2g, Na2HPO4 1.44g, KH2PO4 0.24g
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Tris-Borate-EDTA buffer | MFCD00236358 | 4 L
Tris-Borate-EDTA buffer | MFCD00236358 | 4 L
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Growcells TAE BUFFER 10X 2L EA
Sterile liquid electrophoresis buffer concentrate prepared with 18.2 megOhm water, 0.2 micron sterile filtered and steam sterilized in final packaging. Recipe/L: 48.46g TRIS Base, 11.4ml Acetic Acid, 3.72g EDTA. pH 8.3
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Growcells PBS 20X 1L EA
Sterile 20X Phosphate-Buffered Saline solution concentrate prepared with 18.2 megOhm water, 0.2 micron sterile filtered and steam sterilized in final packaging. Recipe/L: NaCl 160g, KCl 4g, Na2HPO4 28.8g, KH2PO4 4.8g
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Growcells PBS 10X 1L EA
Sterile 10X Phosphate-Buffered Saline solution concentrate prepared with 18.2 megOhm water, 0.2 micron sterile filtered and steam sterilized in final packaging. Recipe/L: NaCl 80g, KCl 2g, Na2HPO4 14.4g, KH2PO4 2.4g
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Growcells PBS 20X 10L EA
Sterile 20X Phosphate-Buffered Saline solution concentrate prepared with 18.2 megOhm water, 0.2 micron sterile filtered and steam sterilized in final packaging. Recipe/L: NaCl 160g, KCl 4g, Na2HPO4 28.8g, KH2PO4 4.8g
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Ambeed AMBEED
5000882285 MOPS 500G
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Rockland Immunochemicals 10X PBS pH 7.2 with Azide (0.2 M Potassium Phosphate 1.5 M Sodium Chloride 0.1% (w/v) Sodium Azide) - MB-011
Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) is a regularly used buffer in biological research. The phosphate ions help maintain a constant pH around neutral. The osmolarity of solution typically matches that of the human body (isotonic solution). PBS can act as a diluent for many experimental preparations and is non-toxic to cells. This preparation contains 0.1% sodium azide as a preservative and is 10X concentrated to be diluted 10-fold to the working concentration.
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Hanks' Balanced Salt solution Modified, with sodium bicarbonate, without phenol red, calcium chloride and magnesium sulfate, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture | 6X1L
Hanks' Balanced Salt solution Modified, with sodium bicarbonate, without phenol red, calcium chloride and magnesium sulfate, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture | 6X1L
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Pickering Laboratories Inc LITHIUM ELUANT 2.75 4X950ML
Lithium Eluant, pH 2.75, case of 4 (950 mL/bottle) Amino Acid Analysis.
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GE Betz, Inc. FREE BUFFER PCM II 250ML
FREE BUFFER PCM II
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Rockland Immunochemicals 1.0 M Tris HCl pH 8.5 - MB-027-1000
Tris solution is an abbreviation of the organic compound known as tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. Tris is extensively used in biochemistry and molecular biology. In biochemistry, Tris is widely used as a component of additional buffer solutions, such as in TAE and TBE buffer, especially for solutions of nucleic acids. Visit our newly expanded web site at www.rockland-inc.com for methods using this and other buffers.
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Genscript Corporation MES SDS Running Buffer Powder
MES SDS Running Buffer is formulated for running ExpressPlusᵀᴹ and SurePAGEᵀᴹ, Bis-Tris gels. This buffer is ideal for separating small- and medium- sized proteins. For separation of large- to medium- sized proteins, Tris-MOPS SDS buffer (M00138) is recommended.
Reconstitute with 1000 ml deionized water to make 1X running buffer per pack of powder. Do not use acid or base to adjust the pH.
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Bioworld ACE MES Buffer, 50mM, pH 6.0, 100 mL
Product DescriptionA.C.E.™ MES (compound 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid) buffer has a concentration of 50 mM with a pH level of 6.0. The buffer is biotechnology grade and is formulated for capillary electrophoresis. Buffer is made with 3D water and filtered through 0.22 µ filter. Product is shipped at room temperature.
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