Promega Corporation

Maxwell® 16 System Kit Comparison Guide

Nucleic Acid/Sample Types Kit Yield(s)/Figure (as available)
gDNA
gDNA
Whole Blood
Cat #AS1290
Maxwell® 16 LEV Blood DNA Kit, 48 preps
• >8 µg at 160 ng/µl
gDNA
Whole Blood, Buffy Coat

Cat #AS1010
Maxwell® 16 Blood DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps

• 11 µg from 400 µl whole blood
• 24 µg from 250 µl buffy coat

Cat #AS1290
Maxwell® 16 LEV Blood DNA Kit, 48 preps

• 9.7  µg from 100 µl fresh buffy coat
• 16.9 µg from 100 µl frozen buffy coat
• 6.3  µg from 75 µl fresh buffy coat
• 11.3 µg from 75 µl frozen buffy coat
gDNA
Tissue culture or bacterial cells
Cat #AS1020
Maxwell® 16 Cell DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps
• 11 µg from 5 x 10(6) CHO cells
• 17 µg from 5 x 10(6) HeLa cells
• 26 µg from 2 x 10(9) Gram Neg
• 20 µg from 2 x 10(9) Gram Pos
gDNA
Up to 50 mg tissue
Cat #AS1030
Maxwell® 16 Tissue DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps
• 96 µg from 25 mg mouse liver
gDNA
Mouse tail tissue
Cat #AS1120
Maxwell® 16 Mouse Tail DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps
• 18 µg from 1.2 cm
gDNA
One to ten sections (5µm) of FFPE (Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded) tissue samples
Cat #AS1135
Maxwell® 16 FFPE Plus LEV DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps
• 72 ng/µl Spleen
• 122 ng/µl Kidney
• 98 ng/µl Brain
gDNA
One or two Buccal Swabs
Cat #AS1295
Maxwell® 16 Buccal Swab LEV DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps
Average = 6.7 µg per swab
gDNA
>10,000 cells
Cat #AS1140
Maxwell® 16 Cell LEV DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps
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Total RNA
Total RNA
5-50 mg tissues, culture cells, PAXgene tubes, white blood cell fraction, plant leaf tissue
Cat #AS1050
Maxwell® 16 Total RNA Purification Kit, 48 preps
• 175 µg from 50 mg mouse liver
• Up to 45 µg from 5 x 10(6) HeLa cells
• Up to 5 µg from 1 tube stabilized blood sample
  (PAXgene)
• Up to 5 µg from wbc fraction of 5 ml fresh blood
• 30 µg from 100 mg plant leaf tissue
Total RNA
Up to 20 mg tissue samples
Cat #AS1280
Maxwell® 16 LEV simplyRNA Tissue Kit, 48 preps
10029MA_250
Total RNA
Up to 5 million Eukaryotic cultured cells
Cat #AS1270
Maxwell® 16 LEV simplyRNA Cells Kit, 48 preps
10025MA_250
Viral Total Nucleic Acid
Viral Total Nucleic Acid
Plasma, serum, swabs, aspirates
Cat #AS1150
Maxwell® 16 Viral Total Nucleic Acid Purification Kit, 48 preps
Not Applicable
Protein
Protein
Bacterial culture, mammalian cell culture cells, insect cell culture cells, culture medium
Cat #AS1060
Maxwell® 16 Polyhistidine Protein Purification Kit, 48 preps
Not Applicable
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