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DEAE-Dextran hydrochloride

powder

Synonym(s):

Diethylaminoethyl-dextran hydrochloride

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About This Item

CAS Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25

biological source

bacterial (Leuconostoc mesenteroides)

form

powder

extent of labeling

~3.2% nitrogen

useful pH range

4.0 - 6.0

solubility

H2O: soluble 100 mg/mL, clear, colorless to faintly yellow

storage temp.

room temp

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Application

DEAE-Dextran 500, a polycationic stabilizing molecule and transfection reagent, is used in the development of sustained release protein delivery and nucleic acid transfection systems. DEAE-Dextran 500 may be used for cell immobilization in biosensors.

Preparation Note

Prepared from dextran of average mol. wt. 500,000

Other Notes

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Transfection using DEAE-dextran.
Selden RF.
Current Protocols in Immunology, 10, 10-10 (2001)
DEAE-dextran transfection of mammalian cultured cells.
E T Schenborn et al.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 130, 147-153 (1999-12-10)
Bhawna Yadav et al.
Cell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 6, 100042-100042 (2020-12-29)
We designed experiments to assess whether fungal cell wall mannans function as an immune shield or an immune agonist. Fungal cell wall β-(1,3)-glucan normally plays a major and dominant role in immune activation. The outer mannan layer has been variously
Anita Bogdanov et al.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 58(1), 405-413 (2013-11-06)
Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that propagate in the inclusion, a specific niche inside the host cell. The standard method for counting chlamydiae is immunofluorescent staining and manual counting of chlamydial inclusions. High- or medium-throughput estimation of the reduction in
J Zarate et al.
Journal of microencapsulation, 28(7), 614-620 (2011-07-12)
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) loaded calcium alginate microparticles (MPs) produced in this study by a w/o emulsification and external gelation method exhibited spherical and fairly smooth and porous morphology with 1.052 ± 0.057 µm modal particle size. The high permeability of the calcium

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Dextrans are polysaccharides with molecular weights ≥1,000 Dalton, featuring a linear backbone of α-linked d-glucopyranosyl repeating units.

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