Lab Solutions and Reagents

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most information adapted from:

Early Development of Xenopus Laevis: A Laboratory Manual.[1]

2000; (First ed.). Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Sive, Hazel (Author), Grainger, Robert M (Author), and Harland, Richard M (Author).

Additional methodology adapted from Khokha lab protocols [2]


click each bulleted list heading to view solution/reagent recipes

Modified Barth's Saline (MBS)
Anitbiotics
Gentamycin
Oxytetracycline
Penicillin
Streptomycin Sulfate
High-salt MBS
Amphibian Ringers
Modified Frog Ringers (MR)
Marc's Modified Ringer's (MMR)
Normal Amphibian Medium (NAM)
Holtfreter's Solution
MEMFA
Dent's Fix (Methanol/DMSO)
Bleaching solution (Mayor et al. 1995)
Goat Serum (GS)
PBT
DAB
H2O2
Secondary Antibodies Coupled to Horseradish Peroxidase
Murray's Clearing Medium
Nucleotide Stocks
5x SP6 Buffer
MEMFA
PTw
Triethanolamine 0.1 M
PTw Containing 4% Paraformaldehyde
Hybridization Buffer
SSC, 20X
Denhardt’s solution, 100X
RNase A
RNase T1
4% BMB Blocking Reagent in MAB
Alkaline Phosphatase Buffer
Levamisol 1 M
NBT/BCIP
PVA Alkaline Phosphatase Buffer
Bouin’s Fixative
Bleaching solution (Mayor et al. 1995)
MEMFA
Bouin’s Fixative
Dent's Fix (Methanol/DMSO)
Paraformaldehyde(PFA), 20%
PTw Containing 4% Paraformaldehyde
10x mRNA Transcription Buffer
2x mRNA Nucleotide Triphosphate Mix
TE
Homoginization Buffer
Reticulocyte Standard Buffer (RSB)
Nuclei Freezing Buffer
Agarose Plates, 1% (for use with trops or laevis)
Dehydrating embryos
Rehydrating Embryos(for embryos stored in 100% methanol)
Ficoll, 2.5%
2.5% Ficoll in 1/3X MR (for use with X. laevis embryos)
3% Ficoll in 1/9XMR (for use with X.tropicalis embryos)
HEPES 1 M, pH 7.4
1M MgCl2
10x Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)
20x Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)
PBT
Proteinase K(PK), 10 mg/ml
PTw
4M NaCl, 1 liter
SDS 10%
TAE 50X
1M Tris pH 9.5


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