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amino acid stocks for culture media

4 mg/ml in water
add HCl to dissolve if necessary
filtersterilize

tyrosine: 2 mg/ml
add NaOH to dissolve
filtersterilize

dropout mix: all amino acids except one at 2 mg/ml each in water - do not add tyrosine
dissolve amino acids one by one
filtersterilize


DNA loading buffer

40% (v/v) glycerol
0.25% xylene cyanol
0.25% bromophenolblue
2% v/v 50x TBE


DEPC-treated water

add DEPC (diethylpyrocarbonate) to 0.1%
stir for at least 30 min.
autoclave for 30 min.
keep at room temperature with loose cap untill cool

20xSSC can also be treated with DEPC

solutions containing amines (including Tris!) can NOT be treated with DEPC
for RNA work, use HEPES as buffer when possible, as this can be DEPCed


EDTA

0.5 M = 186.1 g/l

needs NaOH to dissolve

set pH to 8.0 with NaOH


ethidium bromide

10.000 x = 5 mg/ml in water

carcinogenic !
buy dissolved ethidium bromide instead of playing with the powder yourself if possible
remember: machines don't get cancer!


20x SSC

3 M NaCl, 0.3 M sodium citrate

per liter: 880 g NaCl, 440 g sodium citrate

may be autoclaved or treated with DEPC


TE

10 mM Tris , pH 7 or 8 (or anything in between) with HCl
1 mM EDTA

can be prepared as 50x stock solution


TES

10 mM Tris , pH 7 or 8 (or anything in between) with HCl
1 mM EDTA
0.1% SDS

can be prepared as 50x stock solution


Tris

1M = 121.1 g/l

set pH with HCl


X-Gal

1000x stock = 35 mg/ml in DMF (dimethylformamide)

store frozen & keep dark


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