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BTXPress™ - High Performance Electroporation Solution Kits
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Quick Guide
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Before You Begin
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Description

Efficient Electroporation Transfection

High efficiency transfection of cell lines and previously considered “hard to transfect” cells

High Cell Viability


Low toxicity resulting in improved cell viability

Single Buffer for all Cell Types


One buffer used in place of standard electroporation buffers for all mammalian cell types.

The BTXpress™ is the New solution in High Performance Electroporation. A single buffer solution, developed to quickly and efficiently deliver genes into mammalian cells that were previously considered “hard to transfect” by chemical and other non-viral methods.

This solution in combination with the BTX electroporation instruments, provides researchers with the versatility and success needed across a broad range of cell types while maintaining critical cell viability. Transfection using this high performance electroproation solution is equally effective in delivering DNA as well as siRNA into mammalian cells.

BTXpress™ solution is the first electroporation reagent that meets all of your high performance transfection needs without sacrificing control over your experiment or your budget.

The BTXpress™ solution offers increased numbers of transfections per kit compared to our competitors providing better value to the researcher. As a universal solution the BTXpress™ electroporation reagent can be used with electroporation generators, including Amaxa™ Nucleofector® to deliver similar to equal performance without the cost associated with other systems. The BTXpress™ High Performance Electroporation Solution are offered as kits which includes the BTX Plus cuvettes with transfer pipettes or as a buffer alone.

Applications

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Table 1: BTXpress™ “High Peformance Electroporation Solution" vs. Amaxa™ Nucleofector®. Cells were electroporated with an EGFP reporter vector in parallel, using the BTX ECM 830 Square Wave Electroporator with the BTXpress™ High Performance Electroporation Solution or using the Amaxa™ (Lonza) system. EGFP expressing cells were identified 24hrs post-electroporation by flow cytometery and presented as a percentage of the live cell population.

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Table 2: BTXpress™ Solution Transfection Efficiency vs. Amaxa™: Cells were electroporated in parallel with an EGFP reporter vector using either the BTX electroporation system with BTXpress™ High Performance Electroporation Solution or PBS. In comparison to the same cells transfected in the Amaxa™ (Lonza) system using the Amaxa™ kit V solution. The EGFP expressing cells were identified 24hrs post-electroporation by flow cytometery and presented as a percentage of the live cell population.

Protocols
Read this document before you begin with your experiment
Solution Process

Technical Specifications
Kit Part Numbers 2mm Gap Cuvette includes transfer pipette (Blue Cap) 4mm Gap Cuvettes include transfer pipettes (Yellow cap) BTXpress™ Electroporation Solution
45-0800 5 5 2mls
45-0803 50 NA 5.0mls
45-0804 NA 20 5.0mls
45-0806 100 NA 10.0mls
45-0807 NA 40 10.0mls
Reagent Only Part Numbers No Cuvettes No Cuvettes BTXpress™ Electroporation Solution
45-0802 NA NA 5.0mls
45-0805 NA NA 10.0mls

Ordering Information

Kits:
Catalog #       Description
45-0803 BTXpress™ Solution Kit 50 Reactions in 2mm gap Cuvettes: Includes 5.0ml bottle BTXpress™ solution and 5 bags of (10cuvettes per bag), 2mm gap BTXplus cuvettes with transfer pipette.
45-0804 BTXpress™ Solution Kit 40 Reactions in 4mm gap Cuvettes: Includes 5.0ml bottle BTXpress™ solution and 2 bags of (10cuvettes per bag) 4mm gap BTXplus cuvettes with transfer pipette.
45-0806 BTXpress™ Solution Kit 100 Reactions in 2mm gap Cuvettes: Includes a 10ml bottle of BTXpress™ solution and 2 bags of 50 cuvettes per bag, 2mm gap BTXplus cuvettes with transfer pipette.
45-0807 BTXpress™ Solution Kit 40 Reactions in 4mm gap Cuvettes: Includes a 10ml bottle of BTXpress™ solution and 4 bags of (10 cuvettes per bag) 4mm gap BTXplus cuvettes with transfer pipette

Solution:
Catalog #       Description
45-0802 BTXpress™ Solution: 5.0ml bottle for up to 50 reactions
45-0805 BTXpress™ Solution: 10ml bottle for up to 100 reactions



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