Dear V.S.Ghole,
both DTT and bME go off with time, and if you use them in
crystallization trails for example, this process might be faster than the
actual nucleation and crystal growth. Would you recommend Cys instead??
Thanks, Miri
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On 18 May 2002 vsghole at chem.unipune.ernet.in wrote:
> Dear Thomas
> Pl.let us know about the purpose for which you want to use
> Cysteine? But Cysteine provides excellent and reversible reducing
> conditions while working with oxidoreductases.
> thanks
> V.S.Ghole
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>> On 9 May 2002, Thomas wrote:
>> > Help needed
> >
> > I want to replace beta-mercaptoethanol with cysteine as antioxidant in
> > my buffers. Have you got any experience? Any thing to be take into
> > consideration? What concentrations of cysteine do one need to replace
> > 1 mM and 10 mM beta-mercaptoethanol?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Thomas =:-)
> >
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