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
Boston Bioproducts Inc Tris Buffered Saline, TBS (20X, for Western Blot Washing) - 1L
The Tris Buffered Saline (TBS) is an isotonic non-toxic buffer solution used commonly in biochemical applications. Tris maintains a stable pH range typically between 7.4 to 8.0 while NaCl regulates osmotic balance via its elected concentration. Tris maintains a stable pH range typically between 7.4 to 8.0 while NaCl regulates osmotic balance via its elected concentration. This TBS Solution is formulated at a 20X concentration, and is useful for washing in Western Blotting.
Boston Bioproducts Inc Tris-Acetate-EDTA Buffer, TAE (50X) - 4L
The Tris-Acetate-EDTA (TAE) Buffer is a pH regulator and chelator often used in molecular biology techniques such as agarose gel electrophoresis. Supporting a pH range of 8.1-8.4, the TAE Buffer combines tris base, acetic acid, and EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid) to form a solution efficient in separating nucleic acids as a running buffer, or as a component of agarose gels. This Buffer is prepared in a 50X stock solution, and can be diluted to ideal concentrations.
Phoenix Flow Systems Inc CHEAP SHEATH PBS CONCENTRATE
Cheap Sheath Is A Concentrated Ph Balanced Formulation Of Phosphate Buffered Saline Which Has Been Pre-Filtered And Is Ready To Use In Any Flow Cytometer As Your Sheath Solution Upon Dilution With Distilled Water. Each Bottle Of Cheap Sheath Contains Enough Concentrate To Prepare 20 Liters Of Flow Cytometer Sheath Soluton. Formulation Is Simple For Flow Cytometers That Do Not Use 20 Liter Sheath Containers. For Any Flow Cytometer With A 3.5 Liter Sheath Tank, Add 100 Mls Cheap Sheath To 2.9 Liters Of Distilled Water In The Sheath Tank. 1Qt Bottle (2 Lbs).
Boston Bioproducts Inc Tris-HCl Buffer (1 M, pH 8.0) - 500ml
The Tris-HCl Buffer is a widely used bufering reagent in molecular biology and biochemistry, acting to maintain a stable pH, and preserve the integrity of target macromolecules. The buffering capacity of Tris-HCl is effective in the pH range of 7.0 to 9.0, making it ideal for many biological applications like cell culture, molecular biology, DNA/RNA extraction, electrophoresis, enzyme assays and immunohistostaining.
Boston Bioproducts Inc PIPES Buffer (0.5 M, pH 6.8) - 100ml
The PIPES Buffer is a zwitterionic buffering agent commonly used in biochemistry and molecular biology for its ability to maintain a stable pH. With a pKa of approximately 6.8, PIPES is effective in the pH range of 6.1 to 7.5, making it suitable for cell culture, enzyme assays, protein purification, and as a running buffer in gel electrophoresis. PIPES is also used in electron microscopy, protein crystallization, and isoelectric focusing and chromatography.
Boston Bioproducts Inc MES-SDS Buffer (20X) - 1L
The 20X MES-SDS Running Buffer is formulated specifically for running proteins on Bis-Tris gels for separating small to medium-sized proteins under denaturing conditions in SDS-PAGE. When reconstituted from the 20X concentrate, this buffer maintains a stable pH of approximately 7.3. The MES-SDS Running Buffer enables faster and efficient resolution of well-defined protein bands in comparison to other running buffers in SDS-PAGE experiments.
Fisher Scientific MOPS 10X Solution, Fisher BioReagents™
CAS: 1132-61-2 Molecular Formula: C7H15NO4S Molecular Weight (g/mol): 209.26 MDL Number: MFCD00006183 InChI Key: DVLFYONBTKHTER-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: 3-n-morpholinopropanesulfonic acid,4-morpholinepropane sulfonic acid,3-morpholinopropanesulfonic acid,3-morpholinopropane-1-sulfonic acid,morpholinopropane sulfonic acid,unii-273bp63nv3,3-n-morpholino propanesulfonic acid,morpholinopropanesulfonic acid,3-[N-Morpholino]propane sulfonic Acid,4-morpholinepropanesulfonic acid PubChem CID: 70807 ChEBI: CHEBI:44115 IUPAC Name: 4-(3-sulfonatopropyl)morpholin-4-ium SMILES: [O-]S(=O)(=O)CCC[NH+]1CCOCC1
