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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PBS 1X Dulbecco's Phos Buffered Saline Solution
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Bioworld TAE Buffer, Quick-Mix Pack (25X), 1 PK(s)
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Bioworld TBS Buffer, Low Salt (10X), 1 L
Product DescriptionTris-buffered saline (TBS) is low salt used for Western blot washing with a concentration of 10X. It contains 500 mM Tris, 1.5M NaCl and has a pH level of 7.4.TBS is isotonic and non-toxic, and is used to dilute substances. This buffer is used as a washing buffer for electrodes and to wash microtiter plates for Western blot experiments and screening methods.
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Bioworld STEBuffer (1X), 4 L
STE Reagent Common reagent for molecular biology. Used in DNA extraction, DNA electrophoresis and many other lab protocols.DNAse and RNAse free, ready to use 1X solution Technical Information:NaCl (100mM) Tris-HCl, pH 8.0 (10mM) EDTA, pH 8.0 (1mM)
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