UltraPure™ Buffer-Saturated Phenol is used in the purification of nucleic acids. The reagent, which consists of UltraPure™ Phenol that has been saturated with Tris-HCl buffer, is already buffer equilibrated to pH >7.4.
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.
UltraPure Guanidine Hydrochloride is a strong protein denaturant. In a highly concentrated (5 to 6M) guanidine hydrochloride solution, many proteins unfold and separate into their constituent polypeptide chains.