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Media

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Biocompare Baculovirus Systems.

Media for Insect Cells
Various companies produce the following media. The sites mentioned here were chosen for the explanations they offer. We do not recommend any particular manufacturer !

• Serum-requiring & serum-free-media for insect cells (+formulations) [PromoCell].
• Insect Cell Growth Media and Medium Supplements [Sigma]
• HyQ® SFX-Insect & HyQ® SFX-Insect MP , Technical Brief (HyClone). For adaptation to this medium see: HyClone Insect Cell Culture Protocols
• SF-900 II SFM for Sf9 & Sf21 (Invitrogen). Brochure.
• Express 5 medium for High5 cells (Invitrogen). Brochure.
• BioInsect I (Biological Industries, Bet Haemek, Israel)
• ESF921(Expression Systems)
• ESF921 Methionine Free Medium (Expression Systems)

Related Reagents for Insect Cells

Transfection Reagents

• Escort (Sigma) [Efficient transfection has been demonstrated in a wide variety of cell lines including: HeLa cells, CHO-K1, COS 7, CV 1, HEK 293, PAE and Sf 9 insect cells. In particular, ESCORT is the transfection reagent of choice for Sf9 insect cells resulting in higher efficiencies, better cell viability and requiring less transfection reagent and less DNA compared to other insect specific transfection reagents.]
• Cellfectin (Invitrogen) [
• Effectene   [High yields in Drosophila S2 Cells] (Qiagen)
• Insectogene (Biontex)
• TransIT®-Insecta Transfection Reagent (Mirus)

Other Reagents

FAQ

• Invitrogen
• Novagen
• Oxford Expression Technologies

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