Lyo-Ready™ qPCR Buffer, 2.5x
Molecular diagnostic tests are progressively moving towards lyophilized. There are several advantages for this, including room temperature shipping and storage, extended shelf-life and increased flexibility in sample volume. In order to be compatible with drying however, enzyme preparations must be glycerol-free and include specialized excipients that preserve the mixture as it is exposed to freezing, vacuum and dehydration.
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Powerful multiplexing capacity
Three viral sequences, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Adenovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and a DNA Extraction Control were amplified with equal efficiency from synthetic DNA templates with Lyo-Ready™ qPCR Mix in a quadruplex qPCR probe assay. The result illustrates that all three viruses were amplified with high efficiency and sensitivity, demonstrating the ability of Lyo-Ready™ qPCR Mix to detect low-copy number DNA targets simultaneously from a single sample.
Lyo-Ready™ qPCR Buffer, 2.5x, MDX022
Available in 8 mL (500 Rxns) or 100 mL (12,500 Rxns) aliquots
Description
Lyo-Ready™ qPCR Buffer 2.5x is a glycerol-free qPCR reaction buffer containing lyo-excipients, designed to deliver highly reproducible, accurate qPCR assay results under fast thermal cycling conditions. In order to produce lyophilized, ambient-temperature stable qPCR reagents, dNTP, MgCl2 and glycerol-free Taq DNA polymerase (such as MDX011 or MDX015) must be added prior to lyophilization.
Specifications
| Description | A glycerol-free qPCR reaction buffer containing lyo-excipients. In order to produce room temperature lyophilized qPCR reagents, a lyo-compatible Taq DNA polymerase, assay specific primers and probes are added for subsequent lyophilization. |
| Concentration | 2.5x |
| Appearance | Clear, colorless solution |
| Application | Fast qPCR |
| Sample type | cDNA, DNA |
| Presentation | 1 vial |
| Storage | -20 °C |
| Mix stability | See outer label |
| Consistency | ± 0.5 Ct variance between test and reference sample |
| DNA Contamination | None detected in PCR amplification with traces overlay with the negative control on E. coli and mouse genomic DNA specific targets. |
| DNase Contamination | No detectable degradation |
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FAQs: Lyo-Ready qPCR Mix 2.6x
Slope of standard 10-fold dilution curve indicates qPCR efficiency. The efficiency of the qPCR should be between 90–110% (−3.58 ≥ slope ≥ −3.1). If the efficiency is greater than 100%, this indicated inaccurate sample and reagent pipetting, if it is less than 100%, this indicates your samples may contain PCR inhibitors or your qPCR primer and/or probe design may not be optimal.
Yes, reaction conditions are the same and they will produce the same Ct values, even with multiplex qPCR assays. This means that the liquid mixes can be used to create SOPs if you do not want to lyophilize and then later if lyophilization is required (for example to increase sensitivity), the SOP can be updated for lyophilization, it does not require completely new SOPs to be written.
Many fluorescent qPCR primer- and probe-based chemistries have been devised and are available from different commercial vendors for molecular diagnostic tests, the two most used are:
• Hydrolysis (TaqMan) probes. The main advantages of using hydrolysis probes are high specificity, a high signal-to-noise ratio, and the ability to perform multiplex qPCR reactions. The disadvantages are that the initial cost of the probe.
• Molecular beacons. Molecular beacons are highly specific, can be used for multiplexing, and if the target sequence does not match the beacon sequence exactly, hybridization and fluorescence will not occur. Unlike hydrolysis probes, molecular beacons are displaced but not destroyed during amplification and can be used for melt curve analysis if necessary. The main disadvantage is that they are difficult to design, requiring a stable hairpin stem that is strong enough that the molecule will not spontaneously fold into non-hairpin conformations but not be too strong, or it may not properly hybridize to the target.
The Lyo-Ready™ qPCR Buffer, 2.6x has some inhibitor tolerance, but for amplification from crude lysates or inhibitor-rich samples we recommend using are optimized Lyo-Ready™ Specimen-specific™ (blood, saliva, urine, stool, and plant) qPCR and LAMP mixes.
Following lyophilization in the presence or absence of primers and probes, the Lyo-Ready™ qPCR Mix is stable for a minimum of 24 months at ambient temperature (17 – 23 °C). Following rehydration, the assay reproducibility, sensitivity, and robustness will be the same as for a freshly made liquid mix, making the mixes ideal for point-of-care molecular diagnostic tests and microfluidic qPCR devices.
No, our lyo-excipients are proprietary, if you require a buffer that does not contain lyo-excipients, we have the Lyo-Ready™ qPCR Buffer w/o Excipients, 4x (MDX061), but you will need to supply your own excipients.
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