TheABIlityofhumanembryonicandinducedpluripotentstemcellstodifferentiateintoallthreegermlayershasenormouspotentialforbasichumandevelopmentalresearchandregenerativemedicine.SciencellhascreatedaconvenientqPCRkitfortheassessmentofhumanpluripotentstemcelldifferentiation.NEUROD1,ACTA2andAFPqPCRprimersincludedinthekitallowforthedetection andquantificationofectoderm,mesodermandendoderm,respectively1.
Note:allgenenamesfollowtheirofficialsymbolsbytheHumanGenomeOrganizationGeneNomenclatureCommittee(HGNC).
FourqPCRcontrolsareincludedinthiskittoverifysuccessfulreversetranscriptionofmessengerRNA(mRNA)tocomplementaryDNA(cDNA),revealthepresenceofgenomicDNA(gDNA)contaminationincDNAsamples,anddetectqPCRinhibitorcontamination.GoodqualitycDNAisacriticalcomponentforsuccessfulgeneexpressionanalysis.
EachprimersetincludedinHGL-qPCRkitarriveslyophilizedina2mLvial.Allprimersaredesignedandtestedunderthesameparameters:(i)anoptimalannealingtemperatureof65°C(with2mMMg2+,andnoDMSO);(ii)recognitionofallknowntargetgenetranscriptvariants;and(iii)specificamplificationofonlyoneamplicon.EachprimersethasbeenvalidatedbyqPCRbymeltcurveanalysisandgelelectrophoresis.
Specifications:
| CatalogNo. | 0833 | 
| CountryofManufacture | UnitedStates | 
| ProductCode | HGL-qPCR | 
| Size/Quantity | 50reactions | 
| ProductUse | HGLPCRkitisforresearchuseonly.Itisnotapprovedforhumanoranimaluse,orforapplicationininvitrodiagnosticprocedures. | 
| Storage | Storein-20°Cuponreceipt.Avoidrepeatedfreezethawcyclesbymakingfivealiquotsat170μLeach. | 
| ShippingInfo | Dryice. | 
| References | [1]Adewumi,O.etal.(2007)CharacterizationofhumanembryonicstemcelllinesbytheInternationalStemCellInitiative.NatBiotechnol.25:803-816. | 

		