Reagents and instruments for immunology, cell biology and molecular biology.

AG Scientific


AG Scientific specializes in secondary metabolites derived from fermentation. Most of their products are antibiotics for gene selection, but the catalog also includes antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-cancer, antiviral, antiparasitic and immunosuppressive reagents. Antibiotics: AG Scientific, Inc. has developed a series of antibiotic screening agents, including Blasticidin S, G-418, Puromycin, Gentamycin, Kanamycin, Ampicillin, Streptomycin, Carbenicillin. More recently, AG Scientific has partnered with pharmaceutical customers using CRISPR technology. Anti-cancer: The catalog includes secondary metabolites in the field of cancer such as rapamycin, FK-506, cyclosporine A. Website : www.agscientific.com

Media for plant tissue culture - Murashige & Skoog

Murashige and Skoog medium (or MSO or MS0 (MS-zero)) is a plant growth medium used in the laboratories for cultivation of plant cell culture. MS medium was originally formulated by Murashige and Skoog in 1962 to optimize tobacco callus bioassay system for facilitating the study of cytokinins. Since then, it is widely used for micro propagation, organ culture, callus culture and suspension culture. The formulation is a nutrient blend of inorganic salts, vitamins and amino acid.

Murashige and Skoog Medium (MS) provides all the essential macroelements and microelements. Potassium dihydrogen phosphate serves as a source of phosphate. Microelements like Boron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Copper and Zinc play vital role in plant metabolism. Boron plays a key role in carbohydrate metabolism. Thiamine, nicotinic acid, pyridoxine, inositol act as enzymatic cofactors in universal pathways including glycolysis and TCA cycle along with primary and secondary metabolism in the plants. Glycine serves as a source of amino acid

MS medium is the most used tissue culture medium, of which many variations have been developed.