Life Science Buffers
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
Corning™ Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline
For use alone or combined with other agents for washing tissues and cells
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ACES, 0.5M buffer soln., pH 6.5, Thermo Scientific™
CAS: 7365-82-4 Molecular Formula: C4H10N2O4S Molecular Weight (g/mol): 182.194 MDL Number: MFCD00008030 InChI Key: DBXNUXBLKRLWFA-UHFFFAOYSA-N PubChem CID: 81832 ChEBI: CHEBI:39062 IUPAC Name: 2-[(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)amino]ethanesulfonic acid SMILES: C(CS(=O)(=O)O)NCC(=O)N
TE Buffer, Tris-EDTA, 1X Solution, pH 8.0, Molecular Biology, Fisher BioReagents
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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
Invitrogen™ NuPAGE™ MES SDS Running Buffer (20X)
Made with high-purity reagents and are strictly quality controlled
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Invitrogen™ NuPAGE™ MOPS SDS Running Buffer (20X)
Made with high-purity reagents and are strictly quality controlled.
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Fisher BioReagents™ Phosphate Buffered Saline Tablet
Each tablet prepares 100mL of 1X PBS solution. Fisher Bioreagents™ Phosphate Buffered Saline tablets (PBS) are a convenient option for making 1X phosphate buffered saline.
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Invitrogen™ 20X Bolt™ MES SDS Running Buffer
Optimized for use with Bolt™ Bis-Tris Plus gels, and are available in a variety of formats
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Invitrogen™ Novex™ Tris-Glycine SDS Running Buffer (10X)
Formulated for separation of proteins, in their denatured state, on Novex Tris-Glycine gels
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Invitrogen™ Novex™ Tris-Glycine SDS Sample Buffer (2X)
Use with Novex Tris-Glycine Gels
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Invitrogen™ 20X Bolt™ MOPS SDS Running Buffer
Optimized for use with Bolt™ Bis-Tris Plus gels, and are available in a variety of formats
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Invitrogen™ Novex™ Tris-Glycine Native Running Buffer (10X)
Use with NuPAGE Novex Tris-Acetate gels
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TAE Buffer, Tris-Acetate-EDTA, 50X Solution, Electrophoresis, Fisher BioReagents™
Tris-Acetate-EDTA, CAS Number-77-86-1, 60-00-4, 6850-28-8, TAE, 4L, Gray, Tris (24%), Acetic Acid (5.0%), and EDTA (<2%)., DNase free, Pass Test, Filtered through a 0.2-micron filter., Electrophoresis, 50X Solution, Poly CUBE, Liquid, Protease free, DNase-, RNase- and Protease-Free, RT
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Thermo Scientific Chemicals Krebs-Ringer Solution, HEPES-buffered
Standard physiological buffer that is suitable for various calcium imaging experiments. It is also used as a preserving agent.