Details

Source

Avian Myeloblastosis Virus

Description

• Contains both reverse transcriptase and RNase H activities
• Maintains RNase H activity necessary for cDNA synthesis and isothermal RNA amplification

Applications

• Can be used for preparing labeled hybridization probes
• Synthesizes cDNA from single-stranded RNA
• Ideal for use in RT-PCR, RAMP™, NASBA™, cDNA libraries and dideoxy-DNA sequencing (1, 2, 3)

Reagents Supplied

5X AMV Reverse Transcriptase Reaction Buffer

Unit Definition

One unit is the amount of enzyme required to incorporate 1.0 nmol of labeled dTTP into acid insoluble material in 10 minutes at 37°C (4)

Concentration

20 - 30 units/µl

Storage Buffer

0.2 M potassium phosphate (pH 7.2)2 mM dithiothreitol0.2% Triton X-100™50% (v/v) glycerol

Assay Conditions

50 mM Tris HCl (pH 8.3) 10 mM MgCl₂40 mM KCl0.5 mM [³H] dTTP0.2 mM poly(rA):(dT)50Reaction volume of 100 µl

Storage Conditions

Store at -20°CProduct shipped on Dry Ice

Downloads

Certificate of Analysis PDF - Current LotMSDS PDF

References

1. Goodman, H.M. and MacDonald, R.J. (1979) Methods Enzymol. 69, 75-90.2. Naylor, L.H. and van de Sande, J.H. (1986) Nucleic Acids Res. 14, 59393. Zagursky, R.J., Baumeister, K., Lomax, N. and Berman, M.L. (1985) Gene Anal. Techn. 2, 89-944. Houts, G.E., Masakau, M., Ellis, C., Beard, D. and Beard, J.W. (1979) J. Virol. 29, 517-522