Best Value for Money PCR Machine

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Company:

Applied Biosystems

Product Name:

Applied Biosystems® 2720 Thermal Cycler

Catalog Number:

4359659

Mouse cell line was grown, serum starved, treated with specific growth factor and checked for its effect on mRNA copy number of genes related to proliferation and lamalipodia formation.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

PCR amplification and ligation of nucleic acids

Starting Material

PCR tubes, nucleic acid samples (cDNA), PCR master mix, primers etc.

Protocol Overview

Treated and non-treated cells were lysed in trizole reagent, total RNA were extracted, quantified and cDNA were prepared using Applied Biosystems 2720 Thermal Cycler. Gene specific mRNA copy number was quantified by PCR amplification using specific primers, programme and cDNA as template.

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Results Summary

After PCR amplification, PCR products were run in 2% ethidium bromide agarose gel and found time dependent increase of mRNA copy number of specific gene in treated cells.

Features Summary

Compact design for small bench, Auto Reset facility in power loss, useful for gradient PCR, Tm calculator, 96 well format

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Easy to use, low in cost

The Bottom Line

Value for money PCR machine

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