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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10X Formulation:
Tricine: 1 M
SDS (pH 8.3): 1%
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Balanced salt solution used for multiple cell culture applications, (liquid form). Certificate of Analysis available electronically. Standard stock items from 100 mL to 200 L Volumes up to 1000 L available as made to order Not for diagnostic or therapeutic use. For making isotonic solutions for cell or tissue rinsing, cell dilution, reagent prep, transportation etc. where maintenance of cell integrity is required for further manufacturing or research use.
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Alkali Scientific QuickSilver™ Buffer Powder, Tris-Glycine-SDS Buffer Powder, 50 pouches
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QuickSilverª Buffer Powder Packs offer extreme convenience and will change the way you prepare buffers in your lab. They are quick, easy to use, and come in a variety of buffers for Nucleic Acid and Protein Electrophoresis, Western Blotting, ELISA, and Cell Culture. Quick and Economical (and low shipping costs!) Convenient premeasured pouches Each pouch makes 1L of 1X buffer No pH adjustment needed Nuclease and protease free Quality and consistency guaranteed Long shelf life Buffers for Electrophoresis of Nucleic Acids and Proteins: TBE, TAE, Fast Running Buffer, Tris-Glycine-SDS, Tris-MOPS-SDS, Tris-MES-SDS Buffers for Western Blotting, ELISA and Cell Culture: TBS, TBST, PBS, PBST
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Quality Biological Inc Tris HCl (1 M), pH 7.5, PK 4 X 100 mL
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Tris is a buffer component in molecular biology, tissue culture, and electrophoresis procedures. ¿ These solutions of Tris Hydrochloride provide convenient and highly purified solutions. ¿ Applications: Tris solutions are formulated into working concentrations for preparing the stacking and resolving portions of native or SDS-PAGE gels using discontinuous buffer systems according to Laemmli (1970) or Ornstein and Davis (1959). ¿ Use Tris-HCl 1M pH 7.0-7.5 for DEAE Dextran-mediated transfection of non-adherent and adherent cells. ¿ Storage Conditions: 15¿C to 30¿C ¿ Shipping Condition: ambient temperature ¿ Sterile Filtered ¿ DNase, RNase and Protease Tested ¿ pH Range: 7.5 ¿ 0.1 ¿ Product and/or packaging contains recycled/renewable content ¿ Product and/or packaging is recyclable or reduces waste ¿ Product and/or packaging is safer to human and environmental health ¿ ¿ Max Shelf Life: 36 months
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National Diagnostics SEQUAGEL BUFFER 200 ML
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SequaGel Buffer, System consists of SequaGel Concentrate, SequaGel Diluent, and SequaGel Buffer for casting 19:1 denaturing DNA gels of a varying percentage, 200 ML
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National Diagnostics ProtoGel Resolving Buffer (4X) 450ML
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Traditional Laemmli Resolving Gel Buffer (4X). Formulated with 0.2 Micron Filtration.Ultra-Pure Reagents in 18 MegOhm Water.Crystal Clear, Reproducible Gels. Catalog number: EC-892. The use of National Diagnostics' ProtoGel Resolving Buffer will ensure the purity and performance of your Laemmli gels. When diluted as directed ProtoGel Resolving Buffer forms a gel of 0.375 M Tris-HCl and 0.1% SDS, pH 8.8. Storage: ProtoGel Resolving Buffer is stable for 24 months when stored tightly capped in a dark area at room temperature.
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Promocell GmbH PromoCell Hepes BSS (30 mM) 30 ml, HEPES Buffered Saline Solution
Buffers and Salt Solutions are frequently used in tissue culture, cell isolation procedures, and molecular biology.For convenience, PromoCell offers ready-to-use Buffers and Salt Solutions. They are prepared from raw materials of the highest quality using tissue culture grade water.HEPES Buffered Saline Solution (30 mM).
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BIOWORLD TRIS-HCL BUFFER PH9 500ML
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Research Products International Corp TRIS BUFFERED SALINE, 10X SOLUTION, 10 LITER
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