ThiskitisdesignedtomeasureRenillaluciferaseactivityintransfectedcellreportergeneassays.Renillaluciferasehasbeenusedasareportergeneforstudyinggeneregulationandfunctioninvitroandinvivo. Itcommonlyisusedinmultiplextranscriptionalreporterassaysorasanormalizingtransfectioncontrolforfireflyluciferaseassays.Renillaluciferase,amonomeric36,000Daltonprotein,catalyzescoelenterazineoxidationbyoxygentoproducelight.Theenzymedoesnotrequirepost-translationalmodificationforitsactivityandmayfunctionasageneticreporterimmediatelyfollowingtranslation.Coelenterazinealsoemitslightfromenzyme-independentoxidation,aprocessknownasautoluminescence.Theautoluminescenceisenhancedbysuperoxideanionandperoxynitriteincellsandtissues.Thisassaykitutilizesaspecialbufferformulationdesignedtoyieldreliable,linearmeasurementsofRenillaluciferaseactivitywithminimalautoluminescencebackgroundandsuperiorsensitivity.Thiskitisaflash-typeluminescenceassay,whichrequiresluminescencetobemeasuredimmediatelyafteraddingreagentstoyoursample.
ThiskitisanewandimprovedreplacementfortheRenillaLuciferaseAssayKit(catalogno.30004).Inadditiontoprovidingasimplifiedprotocol,theRenillaLuciferaseAssayKit2.0featuresBiotium’sAquaphile™Coelenterazine,awatersolublesubstratethatcanbestoredat-20°Cwithminimalevaporation,unlikemethanolsolutionsofcoelenterazine.
Thestatednumberofassaysisbasedon96-wellassayformat.ThekitsincludeenoughPassiveLysisBuffertoperformthestatednumberofassaysinplatesizesrangingfrom96-wellto24-well.Ifneeded,additional5XPassiveLysisBuffer(catalogno.99912)canbepurchasedseparately(seebelow).
BiotiumalsoofferstheFirefly&RenillaLuciferaseSingleTubeAssayKit(catalogno.30081),acombinedluciferaseassaykitforsequentialmeasurementofFireflyandRenillaluciferaseactivitysequentiallyinthesamesamplewithhighsensitivityandlinearity.
Kitcomponents
MoreLuciferaseKits
Catalognumber | Product | Description |
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30085 | FireflyLuciferaseAssayKit2.0 | Flash-typefireflyluciferaseassaykit. |
30075 | FireflyLuciferaseAssayKit(Lyophilized) | Fireflyluciferaseassaykitwithlyophilizedassaybufferforeconomicalroomtemperatureshippingandconvenientstorageat-20°C. |
99923 | 5XFireflyLysisBuffer | ExtralysisbufferforusewithFireflyLuciferaseAssayKits,onlyrequiredifusingwellsizeslargerthan24-well. |
30028 | Steady-LucFireflyHTSAssayKit | Glow-typefireflyluciferaseassaywithsignalhalf-lifeofabout3hoursforhigh-throughputscreeninginmulti-wellplates. |
30028L | Steady-LucFireflyHTSAssayKit(Lyophilized) | Steady-Luckitwithlyophilizedassaybufferforeconomicalroomtemperatureshippingandconvenientstorageat-20°C. |
30082 | RenillaLuciferaseAssayKit2.0 | Flash-typeRenillaluciferaseassaykit. |
99912 | 5XPassiveLysisBuffer | ExtralysisbufferforusewithRenillaLuciferaseAssayKits,onlyrequiredifusingwellsizeslargerthan24-well. |
30081 | FireflyandRenillaLuciferaseSingleTubeAssayKit | AssaykitformeasuringfireflyandRenillaactivitiessequentiallyinthesamesampleinasingletube. |
99821-100mL | 1XPassiveLysisBuffer2.0 | ExtralysisbufferforusewithFirefly&RenillaSingleTubeAssayKits,onlyrequiredifusingwellsizeslargerthan24-well. |
30020 | ATP-GloBioluminometricCellViABIlityAssayKit | Flash-typeluminescence-basedassayformeasuringcellviabilityorATPconcentration. |
22003 | MiniCellScrapers | Mini-cellscrapers,usefulforlysingcellsin96-well,48-well,or24-wellplates. |
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