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Following Nucleofection®, I cannot obtain stable clones from single cells. What could be the reason?

Some cell lines need certain cell densities to proliferate. For those cells you can try using conditioned medium for setting up limiting dilution or culturing single cells together with feeder cells.

When should I begin looking for the Luciferase signal after Nucleofection®?

The time course of plasmid expression after Nucleofection® might be different from the time course seen with other transfection methods. We recommend looking at different time points and start with the first time point as early as 4 to 6 hours post...

What antibiotic concentration should I use for selecting stable transfectants?

We highly recommend to perform a titration for G418 in a range of 0,1 mg/ml to 1,5 mg/ml; in serum-free culture expand range down to 20 µg/ml).Choose the concentration which is 0,1 or 0,2 mg/ml above the one which shows complete cell death as...

Are there positive controls for the MycoAlert® Assay?

The MycoAlert® Assay Control Set (LT07-518) is available separately and includes a lyophilized positive control (1 ml) and assay buffer (2 ml) for reconstitution. The assay buffer also serves as a negative control. The positive and negative controls...

How much DNA should I use in my Nucleofection® Reaction to obtain stable clones?

You should use the amount of DNA recommended in the optimized protocol for transient transfection. If obtaining a very high number of clones is important for your experiments, you can try increasing the amount of DNA. For further tips see our...

What should I pay attention to when transferring my reporter gene set up from a cell line to a primary cell?

In general the overall expression level differs between different cell types. Don't expect the same level of gene induction when working with primary cells. You might need to change to other DNA amounts or ratios.

Does the MycoAlert® Assay recognize the whole spectrum of mycoplasma?

The mycoplasma specific metabolism detected by the MycoAlert® Assay is present in all members of the mollicute family (Mycoplasma, Acholeplasma, Entomoplasma and Spiroplasma) except Ureaplasma (which are no usual suspects in cell culture). 95% of all...

Do bacteria lead to false positive MycoAlert® Results?

NO - the lysis reagent in the MycoAlert® Assay is not strong enough to lyse bacteria / yeast. Also, the enzymes utilized are not very common in bacteria or yeast – but are universal among the mollicute family. Bacterial contamination is...

Can mycoplasma grow in the absence of cells?

There is evidence to suggest that mycoplasma can survive in the absence of cells, some may even proliferate, but as a rule they are much more viable if cells are present. 

Does the GFP sequence in the pmaxGFP control plasmid has a stop codon?

Yes. The coding sequence ends with a stop codon (TGA/UGA).
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