TheABIlityofhumanembryonicandinducedpluripotentstemcellstodifferentiateintoallthreegermlayershasenormouspotentialforbasichumandevelopmentalresearchandregenerativemedicine.SciencellhascreatedaconvenientqPCRkitfortheassessmentofhumanpluripotentstemcelldifferentiation.NEUROD1,ACTA2andAFPqPCRprimersincludedinthekitallowforthedetection andquantificationofectoderm,mesodermandendoderm,respectively1.
Note:allgenenamesfollowtheirofficialsymbolsbytheHumanGenomeOrganizationGeneNomenclatureCommittee(HGNC).
FourqPCRcontrolsareincludedinthiskittoverifysuccessfulreversetranscriptionofmessengerRNA(mRNA)tocomplementaryDNA(cDNA),revealthepresenceofgenomicDNA(gDNA)contaminationincDNAsamples,anddetectqPCRinhibitorcontamination.GoodqualitycDNAisacriticalcomponentforsuccessfulgeneexpressionanalysis.
EachprimersetincludedinHGL-qPCRkitarriveslyophilizedina2mLvial.Allprimersaredesignedandtestedunderthesameparameters:(i)anoptimalannealingtemperatureof65°C(with2mMMg2+,andnoDMSO);(ii)recognitionofallknowntargetgenetranscriptvariants;and(iii)specificamplificationofonlyoneamplicon.EachprimersethasbeenvalidatedbyqPCRbymeltcurveanalysisandgelelectrophoresis.
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CatalogNo. | 0833 |
CountryofManufacture | UnitedStates |
ProductCode | HGL-qPCR |
Size/Quantity | 50reactions |
ProductUse | HGLPCRkitisforresearchuseonly.Itisnotapprovedforhumanoranimaluse,orforapplicationininvitrodiagnosticprocedures. |
Storage | Storein-20°Cuponreceipt.Avoidrepeatedfreezethawcyclesbymakingfivealiquotsat170μLeach. |
ShippingInfo | Dryice. |
References | [1]Adewumi,O.etal.(2007)CharacterizationofhumanembryonicstemcelllinesbytheInternationalStemCellInitiative.NatBiotechnol.25:803-816. |