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Agarose Powder |
Agarose powder is a non-toxic polysaccharide extracted from seaweed that dissolves in near-boiling water and forms a gel once it is cooled. This gelling property has made agarose powder particularly useful for various molecular biology applications like gel electrophoresis to separate DNA, RNA, and proteins.
TopVision agarose powder and tablets
Thermo Scientific TopVision Agarose is designed for applications, where high-quality agarose is crucial for obtaining sharp bands. To help meet the needs of your laboratory, TopVision Agarose is available in two melting point options—standard and low melting temperature—and two formats—powder and tablet.
Types of agarose powders: Two melting point options
Standard high melting point agarose powder
Used in routine DNA electrophoresis for separation of a wide range of DNA fragments.
Low melting/gelling temperature agarose powder
Recommended for rapid DNA gel extraction with the agarose-digesting enzyme, agarase, as well as for "in-gel" DNA treatment with enzymes or for bacterial transformation with nucleic acids directly after re-melting the gel.
TopVision agarose formats
| Product | Description | Order |
|---|---|---|
| Standard product format and usability that you are used to. Available in plastic bottles with 100 g and 500 g volumes. | Order here |
 TopVision Low Melting Point Agarose Powder | For in-gel enzymatic process experiments and for nucleic acid recovery after electrophoresis. Available in plastic bottles with 25 g volume. | Order here |
 TopVision Agarose Tablets | High-quality, multipurpose tablets available in blister packaging in 200 or 1,000 tablet quantities. These are compact and easy to store. | Order here |
Why choose agarose tablets?
- No weighing required—Just add a tablet to your running buffer
- Fast dissolving—Help save time with our quick dissolve protocol
- Consistent results—Same amount of agarose in every gel ensures higher consistency
- Eco-friendly—Reduced enviromental impact with organic solvent-free technology and resource-saving blister packaging
Comparison: Advantages of TopVision Agarose Tablets over traditional agarose powder
| Traditional agarose powder | TopVision Agarose tablets | |
|---|---|---|
| Gel-to-gel variation | High variability from weighing step | Tablet form helps enable higher consistency in hand-cast gel performance |
| Hands-on time | Time-consuming weighing step | Less than 1 min hands-on time; no weighing step, helping save time |
| Manufacturing process | Heavy dependency on and use of organic solvents such as methanol, acetonitrile, DMF, heptane, etc. | Manufactured using a proprietary process that eliminates the use of organic solvents |
| Packaging | Plastic bottles | Tablet blister, bottle-free packaging, enhanced convenience, and portability |
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