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EX-CELL® 420 Serum-Free Medium for Insect Cells

with L-glutamine, sterile-filtered, suitable for insect cell culture

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MDL number:
MFCD01634638
UNSPSC Code:
12352207
NACRES:
NA.75

description

for research or for further manufacturing use

Quality Level

500

sterility

sterile-filtered

product line

EX-CELL®

form

liquid

technique(s)

cell culture | insect: suitable

components

HEPES: no
L-glutamine: yes
glucose: yes
NaHCO3: yes

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

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EX-CELL 420 is a complete medium developed and optimized for the serum-free growth of Sf9 and Sf21 insect cell lines. Cells can be subcultured directly into EX-CELL 420 from serum-free or serum-supplemented media without adaptation. Cultures in EX-CELL 420 routinely reach cell densities greater than 1 × 107 cells/mL with greater than 95% viability. Suspension cultures can be maintained, without refeeding, for more than 10 days. Sf9 and Sf21 cells have been carried for more than 20 passages in EX-CELL 420 with no loss of viability. Protein expression and virus production are improved over serum-containing media.
EX-CELL 420 is a complete medium developed and optimized for the serum-free growth of Sf9 and Sf21 insect cell lines. Cells can be subcultured directly into EX-CELL 420 from serum-free or seum-supplemented media without adaptation. Cultures in EX-CELL 420 routinely reach cell densities greater than 1 × 107 cells/mL with greater than 95% viability. Suspension cultures can be maintained, without refeeding, for more than 10 days. Sf9 and Sf21 cells have been carried for more than 20 passages in EX-CELL 420 with no loss of viability. Protein expression and virus production are improved over serum-containing media.

Legal Information

EX-CELL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Hideki Yamaji et al.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 95(2), 185-187 (2005-10-20)
When rat protein kinase C-delta (PKC-delta) was produced by Sf9 cells infected with a recombinant baculovirus in shake-flask culture using a serum-containing medium, the intracellular PKC-delta content decreased in the late period while the extracellular PKC-6 markedly increased. During the
Norikatsu Nishikawa et al.
Cytotechnology, 43(1-3), 3-10 (2008-11-13)
The production of beta-galactosidase by Sf9 cells infected with recombinant Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcNPV) was investigated in shake-flask culture using two serum-free basal media: Grace's medium and TNM-FH (Grace's medium supplemented with lactalbumin hydrolysate and yeast extract). At the time
Fabiana R X Batista et al.
Cytotechnology, 49(1), 1-9 (2008-11-13)
Animal cells can be cultured both in basal media supplemented with fetal bovine serum (FBS) and in serum-free media. In this work, the supplementation of Grace's medium with a set of nutrients to reduce FBS requirements in Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9)

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