Saline Sodium Citrate (SSC) is used as a hybridization buffer or a wash buffer in Southern blotting, in situ hybridization, DNA microarrays, or Northern blotting. These products are powders for preparing SSC buffers; each individual powder-containing pouch yields 1 L of SSC buffer, pH 7.0 (2X or 20X).
Applications
- Hybridization or wash buffer in Southern blotting, in situ hybridization, DNA microarrays, or Northern blotting
Components
- Saline Sodium Citrate Buffer (SSC) 2X Powder, pH 7.0 (Cat. #T9171), 5 pouches (for 5 L)
Final solution from one pouch (1 L of 2X SSC, pH 7.0) contains:
- 0.03 M Sodium citrate
- 0.3 M NaCl
- Saline Sodium Citrate Buffer (SSC) 20X Powder, pH 7.0 (Cat. #T9172), 5 pouches (for 5 L)
Final solution from one pouch (1 L of 20X SSC, pH 7.0) contains:
- 0.3 M Sodium citrate
- 3.0 M NaCl
