Sheared Salmon Sperm DNA is a very effective blocking agent when used in Northern prehybridization and hybridization buffers at a concentration of 100 to 200 μg/mL.
Invitrogen Molecular biology grade, 0.5 M EDTA, pH 8.0 solution is supplied in one bottle. The solution is certified RNase-free, economical, and ready-to-use.
Molecular biology grade, Invitrogen 1M MgCl2 solution is supplied in one bottle containing 100 mL. The solution is certified RNase-free, economical, and ready-to-use.
Invitrogen 0.1 mM EDTA is a commonly recommended storage solution for RNA samples. 0.1 mM EDTA is in nuclease-free, ultrapure water. Supplied in one bottle of 50 mL.
Invitrogen Yeast tRNA purified from brewer's yeast. When used at a final concentration of 10 to 20 μg/mL, yeast tRNA is an effective coprecipitant to aid in recovery of small amounts of nucleic acids.
Invitrogen IPTG (Isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactoside) is an inducer of the lac operon and is frequently used in conjunction with X-GAL to determine the lac phenotype of recombinant plasmids or phage.
Guanidine Thiocyanate is an ultrapure, molecular biology grade reagent. It is free of detectable nuclease and protease activity and is a strong protein denaturant, as both the guanidinium cation and the thiocyanate anion are chaotropic agents.