Instant Lentivirus Titering Stick

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Company:

Clontech

Product Name:

Lenti-X™ GoStix

Catalog Number:

631243

It is better to know the titer before you do a transduction. P24 ELISA and RT-PCR methods take too long to tell you the results. Lenti-X™ GoStix is the answer. Using it, you will know the quality of your virus supernatant immediately. You just need 20ul virus solution and it only takes 5-10 minutes.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Test quality of lentiviral supernatant

Starting Material

Lentiviral supernatant

Protocol Overview

Take the supernatant from culture vessel, filter it through 0.45um filter, take 20ul of filtered solution and add to the window of the stick. Immediately add three drops of buffer (come with the kit), check the result after 5-10minutes.

Tips

All the supplies in the kit and the supernatant are to be at room tempreture .

Results Summary

If your supernatant contains high enough virus (>200kTU/ml), you will see two bands, one is control and the other is your test band. The stronger your test band the higher virus titer.

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Rapid, simple and effective.

The Bad

Cost

The Bottom Line

This is a very convenient kit for your virus work. It is instant and effective. It has a very good dose-dependent reaction. It makes you confident for the next step of transduction.

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