Product category:
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
News Release from: Q Chip | Subject: ReaX Assay beads
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 08 October 2007
PCR reactions made more robust and
reproducible
ReaX Assays contain all the components to perform a PCR amplification assay of a selected target organism or genes, encapsulated into beads; only template DNA is required prior to running the protocol
Q Chip has launched a new range of enhanced formulation PCR reagents - ReaX Assays ReaX Assay beads completely standardise and streamline set-up, and make PCR reactions extremely robust and reproducible
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 10 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The first two products in the ReaX Assays range are GAPDH and 16S.
Each bead is in a single dose format, pre-aliquoted into either a 96 well plate or into eight- or 12-well strips.
ReaX Assay GAPDH beads are optimised for real time PCR detection of the housekeeping gene GAPDH and can be used in gene expression studies to obtain quantification of samples of an unknown concentration.
They contain all the reagents required to perform GAPDH amplification including an optimised GAPDH primer set, a GAPDH Taqman probe, reaction buffer, MgCl2, dNTPs and Hot-Start polymerase.
ReaX Assay 16S beads are designed as a detection assay for bacteria by PCR amplification of 16S ribosomal RNA.
The 16S beads contain all the reagents required to perform 16S rRNA gene amplification, including a high-performance Taq polymerase, dNTPs and the universal 16S rRNA gene-specific primers 27F and 907R.
Amplification is confirmed using end point PCR.
Q Chip's CSO, Jo Daniels commented: "ReaX beads allow even untrained operators to set up PCR reactions in any thermal cycler system, while giving highly reproducible results.
"They are highly versatile since they can be optimised for many different types of PCR assays as well as multiple fluorescent chemistries.
"So far this year we have introduced ReaX mastermixes, ReaX Assays and the ReaX Custom Bead Service, with a portfolio of ReaX assays planned for introduction on a frequent basis".
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