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Product information sheets for some of our most popular products are available for download.

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NEW
microRNA Isolation Kit, Human Ago2 (292-66701, 10 reactions)
Prepare high purity fractions of microRNA, which are bound with human Argonaute2 (hAgo2) protein. This kit utilizes immunoprecipitation methods using a high affinity Anti hAgo2 monoclonal antibody. The purified microRNA fraction will have little contamination from rRNA or tRNA, improving the efficiency of microRNA cloning.

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Sericin, a silk protein
Pure Sericin, derived from silkworms, is an effective supplement for cell culture media. It is an alternative to using FBS. Sericin stimulates cell proliferation and suppresses cell-death. It is also an efficient factor when added to serum-free cell freezing media.

Furthermore, serum-free freezing medium containing 1 (w/v)% sericin successfully cryopreserved both P3U1 myeloma cell line and Chinese-hamster ovary cells as efficiently as the conventional medium of FBS containing 10% DMSO3).
Sericin is an efficient factor as a component of serum-free cell freezing medium

[References]
Terada, S., Nishimura, T., Sasaki, M., Yamada, H. and Miki, M.: Cytotechnology, 40, 3
(2002).
Terada, S., Sasaki, M., Yanagihara, K. and Yamada, H.: J. Biosci. Bioeng., 100,
667 (2005).
Sasaki, M., Kato, Y., Yamada, H. and Terada, S.: Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem., 42, 183 (2005).
Ogawa, A., Terada, S., Kanayama, T., Miki, M., Morikawa, M., Kimura, T., Yamaguchi, A., Sasaki, M. and Yamada, H.: J. Biosci. Bioeng., 98, 217 (2004).
Yanagihara, K., Terada, S., Miki, M., Sasaki, M. and Yamada, H.: Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem., 45, 59 (2006).

This product is for research use only. Do not administer it to human.
The product information is shown on the page #11 of Wako Product Update No. 17.

Highly Selective Fluorescent Probes
BES-H2O2, for Hydrogen Peroxide
BES-Thio, for Thiol / Serenol
BES-So, for Superoxide

LabAssay (TM) Series
Wako's popular Diagnostics kits have been converted into a microplate format for research use using mouse samples. These kits also allow for testing of samples in test tubes.

LabAssay ALP
LabAssay A/G
LabAssay Creatine
LabAssay Glucose
LabAssay Tryglyceride
LabAssay Uric Acid

Transdirect(TM) insect cell
Produced by Shimadzu Biotech, this is the world's first cell-free protein synthsis system prepared from insect cells. Sponodoptera frugiperda 21 (Sf 21) incect cells are widely used in the baculovirus expression system. Protein synthesis efficiency is 20-fold higher than that of rabbit reticulocyte cell-free system. 60-100ug of target protein can be synthesized per kit. Furthermore, the target protein can be acquired easily by affinity tag purification. The yield can be more than 20ug per kit. Dowload the product sheet.

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To complement the many Wako products that we provide, we now distribute products from the following companies in the USA:

Evrogen is headquartered in Moscow, Russia. The products lines consist of a variety of novel products for cell and molecular biology, such as a Fluorescent Proteins, Antibodies against Fluorescent Proteins, Duplex-Specific Nuclease based products and cDNA Normalization Kits.

TARGETING SYSTEMS

Targeting Systems' mission is active research toward the development of novel technologies for applications in functional genomics. Product lines include cell-specific transfection reagents, novel Luciferase assay systems, pGluc expression vectors and reagents for protein and siRNA delivery.