Competent Cells

Cell competence refers to the ability of a cell to take up extracellular DNA from the environment via transformation. These products include competent cells for subcloning, protein expression, and genetic library creation.
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ElectroMAX Stbl4 Competent Cells are specifically designed for cloning unstable inserts. This strain is a derivative of Stbl2 cells (engineered from JM109/J5 strain).
MAX Efficiency Stbl2 Competent Cells are high-efficiency chemically competent cells specifically designed for cloning unstable inserts.
One Shot Stbl3 Chemically Competent E. coli are designed for cloning direct repeats found in lentiviral expression vectors as these cells reduce the frequency of homologous recombination of direct repeats found in lentiviral vectors (ViraPower Lentiviral Expression kits) and other retroviral vectors...
Subcloning Efficiency DH5α Competent Cells are a versatile, chemically competent strain for cloning that provides a transformation efficiency of >1 x 106 cfu/μg plasmid DNA.
Capable of supporting site-specific recombination between pFastBac™ and bMON14272
ElectroMAX DH10B Cells are electrocompetent E. coli cells offering the highest transformation efficiencies of >1 x 1010 cfu/μg plasmid DNA.
MAX Efficiency DH5α T1R Phage-Resistant Competent Cells are high efficiency chemically competent cells for generating cDNA libraries and were developed to confer resistance to the lytic bacteriophages T1 and T5.
MAX Efficiency DH10B Competent Cells are highly efficient E. coli suitable for a variety of molecular biology applications. This strain is one of the most commonly used strains for everyday applications due to key strain features such as high transformation efficiency.
MultiShot TOP10 Chemically Competent E. coli cells are derived from DH10B and are one of the most popular laboratory strains.
TOP10 Electrocomp E. coli cells are provided at a transformation efficiency of 1 x 1010 cfu/μg supercoiled DNA and are ideal for high-efficiency cloning and plasmid propagation.
ElectroMAX DH10B T1 Phage-Resistant Competent Cells offer transformation efficiencies that are among the highest we offer and can exceed 1 x 1010 cfu/μg plasmid DNA in efficiency.
ElectroMAX DH5α-E Competent Cells are derived from the DH5α strain and are suitable for transformation by electroporation.
MAX Efficiency DH5αF'IQ Competent Cells are high transformation efficiency chemically competent cells prepared by a patented modification of the procedure of Hanahan. This strain is a derivative of the DH5α strain, sharing the same benefits.
MAX Efficiency™ DH5α Competent Cells are a well-known, versatile strain that is used in many everyday cloning applications. Prepared by a proprietary modification of the Hanahan method, these cells are suitable for high efficiency transformations in applications where low amount of DNA is used or to...
TOP10F' Electrocomp Kit E. coli cells are identical to TOP10 cells, with the addition of an F' episome.
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Thermo Scientific DH10B, DH5α, and BL21(DE3) competent cells are produced with stringent quality control to enable reliable, consistent performance in cloning workflows. Thermo Scientific DH10B competent cells are also included in the Thermo Scientific CloneJET PCR Cloning Kit and in the Thermo...
DH5α competent E. coli is one of the most common laboratory strains. We offer several versatile strains for general cloning applications within a variety of transformation efficiencies and formats to suit your workflow and budget., DH5α is a popular E.
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What is the storage media for the competent cells?
What is the formulation of the SOC medium that is provided with competent cells?