Products for Plant Science Research
Thermo Fisher Scientific has been providing instruments, reagents, and solutions for plant science research for over two decades.
Fragment analysis solutions for agrigenomics
We have developed capillary electrophoresis (CE) solutions for high-throughput genotyping, genomic profiling, chimerism, and copy number analysis to enable sequence-to-function analysis for today’s plant biotechnology researchers.
Custom Gene Expression Assays
TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays
We offer hundreds of inventoried, made-to-order, plant-specific TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays that can be customized to your specifications.
MicroRNA and non-coding RNA TaqMan® Assays
Inventoried TaqMan® MicroRNA Assays are available for several species, including Arabidopsis. These assays are aligned with the Sanger miRBase Registry. If you can’t find the assay you need from our stocked list, you can design your own Assay.
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- Read our poster on Quantitation of Plant miRNAs by RT-PCR
AFLP®
Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP®) is a technique originally developed for plant-breeding applications, but is now employed universally as a method for fingerprinting DNA from any source. Read the AFLP® application note on plant mapping.
DNA & RNA isolation
We offer an expansive portfolio of kits, reagents, and devices for the isolation, purification, analysis, and quantitation of plant genomic DNA, total RNA, mRNA, and microRNA or transcriptome RNA.
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Genotyping
TaqMan® genotyping assays are optimized for end-point fluorescence detection and are useful in a variety of applications in agriculture and plant biotechnology, including linkage mapping and population genetics. For higher throughput, the TaqMan® SNP genotyping assays (stocked or custom) can be supplied as an Open Array® Genotyping plate, which enables one person to validate or screen up to 256 SNPs across >1,500 samples in one day, without the use of robotics.
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| 4371355 |
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| 4381656 |
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| 4371357 |
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| 4381657 |
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| 4403083 |
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TaqMan® Sample-to-SNP™ Kit, (20 mL sample prep, 50 mL PCR) |
| 4403311 |
TaqMan® GTXpress™ Master Mix, Mini-Pack (1 mL) |
| 4401892 |
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| 4401890 |
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| 4401857 |
Plant Transformation
ElectroMAX™ LBA4404 Cells have been successfully used to transform a variety of plant species in plant biotechnology research, including tobacco and Arabidopsis, at high efficiency.
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| 18313015 |
Algae Engineering Kits
New GeneArt® Algae Engineering Kits for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Synechococcus elongatus are the first commercially available genetic modification and expression systems for photosynthetic microalgae. These kits are designed for rapid scale-up and production and consistent, defined quality.
GMO Testing
Our TaqMan® GMO Detection Kits enable you to detect the genetically modified organism (GMO) in seed, grain, and processed foods, and their ingredients.
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4327690 |
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4327693 |
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4327691 |
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| 4327687 | TaqMan® GMO Detection Kits User's Guide |
From studying the morphology of plant cells and walls, organelles, and other cellular compartments all the way to more complex gene regulation and expression studies, cell and tissue analysis techniques and tools are critical not only for basic plant research but are also key for crop improvement programs. For example, demonstrating a trait’s mechanism of action (required for regulatory approval submissions) is critical for commercial entities developing new plant varieties.