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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 5.
Published in final edited form as: Methods Enzymol. 2009;453:287–304. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(08)04014-7
PBS:
Sodium phosphate, dibasic (Na2HPO4) 1.44 g
Sodium chloride 8 g
Potassium phosphate (KH2PO4) 0.24 g
Potassium chloride 0.2 g
Distilled water 800 ml
Adjust pH to 7.4, and adjust to a final volume of 1 liter with additional distilled water.
PBS-T (PBS/Tween Solution):
0.1% volume of Tween 20 prepared in PBS
Triton X-100 (octylphenolpoly(ethyleneglycolether):
Roche Diagnostics, Cat. No. 11332481001.
Enzyme Reagent:
TdT (Roche Diag., Cat. No. 03333574001) 4 µl
TdT storage buffer 100 µl
Mix well and store at −20 °C.
Label Reagent:
Biotin-16-dUTP (Roche Diag., Cat. No. 11093070910) 4 µl
TdT reaction buffer 1 ml
Mix well and store at −20 °C.
TdT Reaction Mixture:
Enzyme reagent 100 µl
Label reagent 900 µl
Mix just before use. Use the remaining 100 µl of label solution as a negative control.
Stop Wash Buffer:
NaCl (MW: 58.44) 1.75 g
Sodium citrate, trihydrate (MW: 294.11) 0.88 g
Distilled water 100 µl
Mix to dissolve and store at room temperature.