Best Transfection Reagent From Thermo Fisher

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Company:

ThermoFisher Scientific

Product Name:

Lipofectamine™ 3000 Transfection Reagent

Catalog Number:

L3000008

Info: Supplier Page 

I frequently perform cell culture transfections of my protein of interest tagged with fluorescent proteins for either stable cell line preparation or downstream experiments such as microscopy and western blotting.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Cell culture and microscopy

Starting Material

Neuro2a cells

Tips

Amount of plasmid required for transfection varies depending on the purity of plasmid isolation and the kind of protein to be expressed. Always optimize the plasmid amount and percentage of transfection required before performing experiments.

Results Summary

Lipofectamine 3000 reagent gives very good transfection efficiency with less amount of plasmid without compromising cell viability.

DOI or PMID #

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2019.01.022

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Summary

The Good

Better efficiency, less cellular toxicity, and works with both DNA and RNA.

The Bad

Expensive.

The Bottom Line

Though it is expensive but it is much better than other transfection reagents.

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