Stem Cell Pluripotency Signature PCR

MDS offers RT-PCR analysis on hES and mES cells to detect transcripts of pluripotency markers such as

• Oct-3/4
• Sox-2
• Rex-1
• FOX-2
• beta-actin (a gene control)
• AFP
• CK-3
• CK-19
• PAX-6
• Cripto
• GDF-3

For every reverse transcription (RT) samples, a 'no reverse transcription' and water controls will be included for all primer pairs to verify the absence of contamination in regents