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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Cayman Chemical HEPES Stock SolutIon1 M 100mL
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A concentrated buffer solution
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Phosphate Bufer500ML
DULBECCOS Dulbeccos Phosphate Bufer500ML
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Tris-Glycine-SDS Buffer 101L
Tris-glycine-SDS (TGS) running buffer is the most commonly used buffer for sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of proteins. TGS is usually used for both anode and cathode buffer. Recommended running conditions is 150 volts for mini vertical gel electrophoresis units.
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Teknova 50mM Tris, 150mM Sodium Chloride. pH 7.5, 1000mL. Endotoxin Tested. Sterile.
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50mM Tris, 150mM Sodium Chloride. pH 7.5, 1000mL. Endotoxin Tested. Sterile.
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences HEPES BioXtra pH 5.0-6.5 150G
HEPES has been described as one of the best all-purpose buffers available for biological research. At biological pH the molecule is zwitterionic and is effective as a buffer at pH 6.8 to 8.2. HEPES has been used in a wide variety of applications including tissue culture. It is commonly used to buffer cell culture media in air. HEPES finds its usage in in vitro experiments on Mg.
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FUJIFILM BIOSCIENCES INC PBS 1X-Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline Solution - Liquid
PBS 1X Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline Solution can be used to provide a buffer system to maintain cell culture media in the physiological pH range, or to irrigate, transport, or dilute fluid while maintaining cell tonicity and viability.
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Tris-Borate-EDTA buffer Bi
TBE (Tris/Borate/EDTA) Buffer is commonly used in nucleic acid electrophoresis. This SOLUTIONon is effective under slightly basic conditions which keeps DNA deprotonated water-soluble and protected from degradation. This concentrate can be easily diluted to 1x or 0.5x before use (with molecular biology grade water).
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Tris-Borate-EDTA buffer Bi1L
TBE (Tris/Borate/EDTA) Buffer is commonly used in nucleic acid electrophoresis. This SOLUTIONon is effective under slightly basic conditions which keeps DNA deprotonated water-soluble and protected from degradation. This concentrate can be easily diluted to 1x or 0.5x before use (with molecular biology grade water).
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Phosphate Buffer
DULBECCOS Dulbeccos Phosphate Buffer
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Modified Eagles1L
This DMEM-Hi glucose medium is a 1x complete medium with no added factors (common modifications) such as L-alanyl-L-glutamine HEPES or sodium pyruvate. It differs from the original DMEM-Hi formulation wherein pyridoxine is substituted for pyridoxal. Pyridoxal is an unstable component of media. This medium requires supplementation with L-glutamine or L-alanyl-L-glutamine.
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Beckman Coulter Flow-Check Pro Fluorospheres
Flow-Check Pro Fluorospheres is a suspension of fluorescent microspheres used for daily verification of the Navios™or FC 500 Flow Cytometer optical alignment and fluidics system.
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Boston Bioproducts Inc HEPES Buffer (1 M, pH 7.4, pH Adjusted with KOH) - 500ml
The HEPES [4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid)] Buffer is a versatile Good's zwitterionic buffering agent widely used in various applications in biochemistry and molecular biology. It maintains a stable pH in the range of 6.8 to 8.2, making it ideal for various applications at physiological pH, including cell culture, protein purification, isoelectric focusing, enzyme studies, bioprocessing, and live cell imaging. This buffer is adjusted with KOH.
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Biotium TRYAMIDE AMPLIFCTN BUFFER PLUS
Tyramide Amplification Buffer Plus. 1000 Reactions.
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Abcam Kinase Assay Buffer I, 20ML
Stock solution of buffer used for assaying kinase protein.
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Trizma(R) base >=99.0% (T) | 77-86-1 | MFCD00004679 | 100G
Trizma(R) base >=99.0% (T) | Purity: >=99.0% (T) | Mol Wt: 121.14 | 77-86-1 | MFCD00004679 | 100G
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