No7. 8. Preparation of stock solution
Solution | Method of preparation | Comments |
Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) | Dissolve 8.0g NaCl, 0.2g of KCl, 1.44g of Na2HPO4, and 0.24g of KH2PO4 in 800ml of distilled H2O. Adjust the pH to 7.4.Store at room temperature. |
Can be made as a 10X stock. |
Tris-buffered saline (TBS) (25mM Tris) | Dissolve 8.0g of NaCl, 0.2g of KCl, and 3g of Tris base in 800ml of distilled H2O. Adjust the pH to 8.0 with 1M HCl.Store at room temperature. |
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10% Sodium azide | Dissolve 10g of sodium azide in 100ml of distilled H2O. Store at room temperature. |
Do not use sodium azide for experiments using live organisms or for reactions that use horseradish peroxidase. |
3% Bovine serum albuminin phosphate-bufferedsaline (3% BSA/PBS) |
Add 3g of BSA (Fraction V) to 100ml of PBS.Allow to dissolve.Store at 4°C. |
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1M Tris | Dissolve 121g of Tris base in 800ml of distilled H2O.Adjust to the desired pH by adding concentrated HCl.Store at room temperature. |
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500mM EDTA | Add 186g of disodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate-2H2Oto 400ml of distilled H2O.Store at room temperature. |
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100% (wt/volume) Trichloroaceticacetic acid (TCA) |
Add 227ml of distilled H2O to a 500-g bottle of TCA | |
30% Acrylamide mix | Dissolve 29.2g of acrylamide (electrophoresis frade) and 0.8g of N, N'-methylene-bisacrylamide (electrophoresis grade) in 80ml of distilled H2O. Adjust the volume to 100ml.Store at room temperature. |
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1.5M Tris (pH 8.8) | Dissolve 181.5g of Tris base in 800ml of distilled H2O.Adjust the pH to 8.8 with concentrated HCl.Store at room temperature. |
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1.0M Tris (pH 6.8) | Dissolve 12.1g of Tris base in 80ml of distilled H2O.Adjust the pH to 6.8 with concentrated HCl.Store at room temperature. |
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10% Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) | Dissolve 10g of SDS in 100ml of distilled H2O. Store at room temperature. |
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10% Ammonium persulfate (APS) | Dissolve 0.5g of ammonium persulfate (electrophoresis grade) in 5ml of distilled H2O. Store at 4°C. |
Make fresh solution weekly. |
2X Laemmli sample buffer | Add 4ml of 10% SDS, 2ml of glycerol, and 1.2ml of 1M Tris (pH6.8) to 2.8ml of distilled H2O.Add 0.01% bromophenol blue as a tracking dye.Store at room temperature. |
To prepare 1X sampole buffer, mix 5 parts 2X, 4 parts water, and 1 part 1M DTT. |
1M Dithiothreitol | Dissolce 5g of DTT in 32ml of distilled H2O.Dispense in 1-ml aliquots.Store at -20°C. |
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10X Laemmli running buffer | To a 10;liter carboy, add 8 liters of distilled H2O, 303g of Tris base, 1442g of glycine, and 100g of SDS.After all the chemicals have dissolved, adjust the pH to 8.3.Store at room temperature. |
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Destain | To a 10-liter carboy add 2.5 liters of methanol and 700ml of glacial acetic acid.Adjust the colume to 10 liters with H2O.Store at room temperature. |
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4% Paraformaldehyde | Dissolve EM grade paraformaldehyde in PBS in Pyrex container with stir bar (4g to 100ml)Add a few drops of NaOH and heat in a hood (keep bottle cap loose_ at 60 °C to dissolve.Make fresh prior to use. |
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Gelvatol | Dissolve 0.35g of Gelvatol in 3ml of deionized H2O and 1.5ml of glycerol. (PBS can be substituted for water)Heat the solution with stirring in a boiling water bath until the gelvatol is completely dissolved.Store at 4 °C (can be stored for months). |
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Glycerol anti-fade mounting medium | Dissolve in 100ml og glycerol: 5g of n-propyl gallate, 0.25g of DABCO, 2.5mg of p-phenylenediamine.Add several pellets of NaOH to bring pH above neutral.Store aliquots at -20°C wrapped in foil. |
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1M NaCL/ 0.05M sodium phosphate (pH7.5) | For liter: Combine 200ml of 5M NaCl, 500 ml of 0.1M sodium phosphate(pH 7.5), and 300ml of H2O. | |
NP-40 lysis buffer | For 1 liter: Combine 30 ml of 5M NaCl, 100ml of 10% NP-40, 50ml of 1M Tris (pH 8.0), and 820 ml of H2O. Store at 4°C. |
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RIPA buffer | For 1 liter: Combine 30 ml of 5M NaCl, 100ml of 10% NP-40, 50ml of DOC, 100ml of 10% SDS, 50ml of 1M Tris (pH 8.0), and 670ml of H2O. Store at 4°C. |