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
Tris Hydrochloride, 1M Solution (pH 7.0/Mol. Biol.), Fisher BioReagents™
CAS: 77-86-1,7732-18-5,1185-53-1 Molecular Formula: C4H11NO3 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 121.136 InChI Key: LENZDBCJOHFCAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: Tris-HCl PubChem CID: 6503 ChEBI: CHEBI:9754 IUPAC Name: 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol SMILES: C(C(CO)(CO)N)O
Bis-Tris, Fisher BioReagents
CAS: 6976-37-0 Molecular Formula: C8H19NO5 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 209.242 InChI Key: OWMVSZAMULFTJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: 2,2-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,2?,2?-nitrilotriethanol,2, 2-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-2, 2?,Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-tris(hydroxymethyl)methane PubChem CID: 81462 ChEBI: CHEBI:41250 IUPAC Name: 2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol SMILES: C(CO)N(CCO)C(CO)(CO)CO
Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Cryst./Certified ACS), Fisher Chemical™
CAS: 77-86-1 Molecular Formula: C4H11NO3 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 121.136 MDL Number: MFCD00004679 InChI Key: LENZDBCJOHFCAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: 2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1, 3-propanediol,Trimethylol Aminomethane,Tris Buffer,Tris,Trizma™,THAM,Tris base,Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane,Trometamol PubChem CID: 6503 ChEBI: CHEBI:9754 IUPAC Name: 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol SMILES: C(C(CO)(CO)N)O
Tris Hydrochloride (Small White Flakes/Molecular Biology), Fisher BioReagents
CAS: 1185-53-1 Molecular Formula: C4H12ClNO3 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 157.594 InChI Key: QKNYBSVHEMOAJP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane Hydrochloride PubChem CID: 93573 IUPAC Name: 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol;hydrochloride SMILES: C(C(CO)(CO)N)O.Cl
Tris (Tromethamine) (Granular/USP), Fisher Chemical™
CAS: 7646-85-7 Molecular Formula: C4H11NO3 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 121.136 MDL Number: MFCD00004679 InChI Key: LENZDBCJOHFCAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: Trishydroxymethylaminomethane,Tris Buffer,Tris,THAM,Trizma™,2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol,Tris base,Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane,Trometamol PubChem CID: 6503 ChEBI: CHEBI:9754 IUPAC Name: 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol SMILES: C(C(CO)(CO)N)O
Invitrogen™ TBE (10X), RNase-free
Molecular biology grade, Invitrogen 10X TBE solution is supplied in four bottles containing 1 L each. The buffer is certified RNase-free, economical, and ready-to-use.
Thermo Scientific Chemicals TBE running buffer (10X)
Commonly used in nucleic acid electrophoresis. TBE Buffer is used for polyacrylamide and agarose gel electrophoresis. It is ideally suited for DNA and RNA separation on longer run, higher voltage or amperage gels. TBE is used with non-denaturing or denaturing (7 M urea) gels.
Gibco™ ACK Lysing Buffer
Used for the lysis of red blood cells in samples containing white blood cells, such as EDTA-treated whole blood, buffy coats, and bone marrow
Thermo Scientific Chemicals Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, 10X), RNase free
Helps to maintain a constant pH
Thermo Scientific™ Pierce™ Endotoxin-Free Tris Buffer, pH 7.0 (50 mM)
Pierce Endotoxin-Free Tris Buffer may be used to dilute samples for any of the endotoxin detection assays and for adjusting the pH of the LAL endotoxin test samples. For endotoxin testing, the samples and sample dilutions be between pH 6-8. Contains <0.005 EU/mL endotoxin.
Invitrogen™ 10X TBE (powder)
Invitrogen 10X TBE (Tris-Borate-EDTA Buffer) is thoroughly tested for RNase and DNase contamination, making it ideal for use in sensitive application.
Gibco™ CTS™ DPBS, calcium, magnesium, bag format
Gibco Cell Therapy Systems (CTS) DPBS is the classical Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline, which is a balanced salt solution used for a variety of cell culture applications.
Phosphate Buffered Saline, 1X - Non-sterile, Ricca Chemical
Phosphate Buffered Saline, 1X is non-sterile.
Thermo Scientific Chemicals ADA, 99%, for biochemistry
CAS: 26239-55-4 Molecular Formula: C6H10N2O5 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 190.155 MDL Number: MFCD00008031 InChI Key: QZTKDVCDBIDYMD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: N-(2-Acetamido)iminodiacetic acid,N-(Carbamoylmethyl)iminodiacetic acid PubChem CID: 117765 ChEBI: CHEBI:43960 IUPAC Name: 2-[(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-(carboxymethyl)amino]acetic acid SMILES: C(C(=O)N)N(CC(=O)O)CC(=O)O
Invitrogen™ NuPAGE™ MOPS SDS Running Buffer (20X)
Made with high-purity reagents and are strictly quality controlled.