TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast™ Acrylamide Solutions

TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast™ Acrylamide Solutions

TGX Stain-Free FastCast acrylamide kits for hand casting polyacrylamide gels enable fast casting, long shelf life gels, short run times, high transfer efficiency, and protein visualization in 5 minutes with stain-free technology.

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What Is Stain-Free Technology?

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TGX Stain-Free FastCast premixed acrylamide solutions bring all the benefits of TGX gel chemistry to handcast polyacrylamide gels. TGX (Tris-Glycine eXtended) formulation retains Laemmli-like separation characteristics while using a standard Tris-glycine running buffer system. TGX Stain-Free FastCast premixed acrylamide solutions for hand casting are available in the most commonly used cross-linking ratios for PAGE systems.

TGX Stain-Free chemistry enables rapid fluorescent detection of proteins directly within gels and blots with Bio-Rad's stain-free enabled imagers. Protein samples can be separated in 20 minutes and then visualized in 5 minutes.

Features and Benefits of TGX Stain-Free FastCast Acrylamide Solutions

  • Handcast gels ready to run in as little as 30 min
  • Long shelf life — handcast gels remain fresh for up to 4 weeks at 4°C
  • Stain-free visualization of proteins in your gel or blot in less than 5 min with stain-free enabled imaging systems (Gel Doc™ EZ, Gel Doc XR+, ChemiDoc™ MP, ChemiDoc XRS+, and ChemiDoc Touch Systems)
  • Electrophoresis run times as short as 20 min using the Mini-PROTEAN® Tetra or Criterion™ cells
  • Efficient protein transfers in as little as 3 min using the Trans-Blot® Turbo™ transfer system
  • Ability to monitor the success of your electrophoresis and transfer steps without additional staining

Applications and Uses of TGX Stain-Free FastCast Acrylamide Solutions

  • 1-D polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for separation of proteins
  • Accurate molecular weight estimation
  • Robust separation for complex samples

Approximate number of gels per kit.

  Mini Gels (~9 x 7 cm) Midi Gels (~13 x 9 cm)
  Mini-PROTEAN
Cassettes
0.75 mm
Glass Plates
1.0 mm
Glass Plates
1.5 mm
Glass Plates
Criteron
Cassettes
Starter Kit 11 gels 19 gels 13 gels 9 gels 7 gels
Full Kit 55 gels 95 gels 65 gels 45 gels 35 gels

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TGX FastCast tutorial video

Watch the TGX FastCast tutorial video to see how quick and easy it is to cast gels with TGX FastCast acrylamide kits. View step-by-step instructions for casting mini gels using the Mini-PROTEAN Tetra casting module.

TGX and TGX Stain-Free FastCast Acrylamide Kits: Tips & Tricks guide

Learn how to cast better gels with Bio-Rad's TGX and TGX Stain-Free FastCast Acrylamide Kits: Tips & Tricks guide.


FastCast kits calculator

Download the FastCast kits calculator to automatically calculate the volumes of stacker, resolver, APS, and TEMED required when casting TGX FastCast and TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast gels.

Stain-Free Imaging

Bio-Rad's V3 Western Workflow™ is a five-step approach to streamlining your western blotting protocol. The V3 Western Workflow facilitates speed and validation at each step of a western blotting experiment — from running gels to quantifying proteins. View the V3 Western Workflow video to learn more.

The Quick Start Guide to Stain-Free Imaging provides step-by-step instructions on how to obtain stain-free gel images from TGX Stain-Free gels in less than 5 minutes using Bio-Rad’s ImageLab™ software and stain-free enabled imagers.

Bio-Rad Gel Electrophoresis Systems

Gel handcasting equipment and electrophoresis cells are offered in mini and midi gel formats. See the electrophoresis system selection guide for more details.

Midi gel systems:

Download the FastCast kits calculator to automatically calculate the volumes of stacker, resolver, APS, and TEMED required when casting TGX FastCast and TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast gels.

Learn how to cast better gels with Bio-Rad’s TGX and TGX Stain-Free FastCast Acrylamide Kits: Tips & Tricks guide.

Watch the TGX FastCast tutorial video to see how quick and easy it is to cast gels with TGX FastCast acrylamide kits. View step-by-step instructions for casting mini gels using the Mini-PROTEAN Tetra casting module.

Bio-Rad Gel Electrophoresis Systems

Gel handcasting equipment and electrophoresis cells are offered in mini and midi gel formats. See the electrophoresis system selection guide for more details.

Midi gel systems:

Criterion and Criterion™ Dodeca™ cells use integral cassettes for gel hand casting. 1.0 mm thick gel casting sets are available in various comb configurations:

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1610180
Starter kit for hand casting 7.5% TGX Stain-Free polyacrylamide gels, includes acrylamide solutions and buffers
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1610181
Kit for hand casting 7.5% TGX Stain-Free polyacrylamide gels, includes acrylamide solutions and buffers
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1610182
Starter kit for hand casting 10% TGX Stain-Free polyacrylamide gels, includes acrylamide solutions and buffers
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Kit for hand casting 10% TGX Stain-Free polyacrylamide gels, includes acrylamide solutions and buffers
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Starter kit for hand casting 12% TGX Stain-Free polyacrylamide gels, includes acrylamide solutions and buffers
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Kit for hand casting 12% TGX Stain-Free polyacrylamide gels, includes acrylamide solutions and buffers

Accessories

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1658000FC
4-gel vertical electrophoresis system, 0.75 mm gel thickness, includes companion module, 2 casting stands, 4 casting frames, 10-well combs, 5 short plates, and 5 spacer plates, with TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast™ Acrylamide Starter Kit, 10% (161-0182)
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1658001FC
4-gel vertical electrophoresis system, 1.0 mm gel thickness, includes companion module, 2 casting stands, 4 casting frames, 10-well combs, 5 short plates, and 5 spacer plates, with TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast™ Acrylamide Starter Kit, 10% (161-0182)
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1658006FC
4-gel vertical electrophoresis system, 1.5 mm gel thickness, includes companion module, 2 casting stands, 4 casting frames, 10-well combs, 5 short plates, and 5 spacer plates, with TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast™ Acrylamide Starter Kit, 10% (161-0182)

Kits & Reagents

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(Discontinued) 10x Tris/Glycine/SDS
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Pkg of 1, 5 L cube, 10x premixed electrophoresis buffer, contains 25 mM Tris, 192 mM glycine, 0.1% SDS, pH 8.3 following dilution to 1x with water
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(Discontinued) TEMED
1610801
50 ml, catalyst for polyacrylamide gels; hazardous material shipping charges may apply

Standards

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1610393
2.5 ml (5 x 500 µl), mixture of ten blue-stained recombinant proteins (10–250 kD), including three reference bands (25, 50, 75 kD), 250 applications
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1610394
2.5 ml (5 x 500 µl), mixture of 10 recombinant proteins (10–250 kD), 8 blue-stained bands, and 2 pink reference bands (25 and 75 kD), 250 applications
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1610395
2.5 ml (5 x 500 µl), mixture of ten multicolor recombinant proteins (10–250 kD), 250 applications
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1610397
2.5 ml (5 x 500 µl), mixture of 12 recombinant proteins (2–250 kD), nine blue-stained bands, and three pink reference bands (2, 25, 75 kD), 250 applications
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1610396
5 ml (5 x 1 ml), unstained mixture of ten Strep-tagged, recombinant proteins (10–250 kD), including three reference bands (25, 50, 75 kD), 500 applications

Plates

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1653310
Pkg of 5, spacer plate with 0.75 mm integrated spacer, for Mini-PROTEAN Tetra System and Mini-PROTEAN 3 Multi-Casting Chamber
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Pkg of 5, spacer plate with 1.0 mm integrated spacer, for Mini-PROTEAN Tetra System and Mini-PROTEAN 3 Multi-Casting Chamber
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Pkg of 5, spacer plate with 1.5 mm integrated spacer, for Mini-PROTEAN Tetra System and Mini-PROTEAN 3 Multi-Casting Chamber
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Pkg of 50, cassettes with 10 well marks for casting gels 8.6 x 7.2 cm by 1.0 mm thick, for use with Mini-PROTEAN Electrophoresis Cells; purchase combs separately (456-0013)
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Pkg of 50, cassettes with 12 well marks for casting gels 8.6 x 7.2 cm by 1.0 mm thick, for use with Mini-PROTEAN Electrophoresis Cells; purchase combs separately (456-0015)

Documents

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10042306
How to Cast Your Gels Fast — TGX™ FastCast™ Acrylamide Solutions Quick Guide, Rev A
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Bio-Rad’s TGX and TGX Stain-Free FastCast Acrylamide Kits: Tips & Tricks, Rev A
6533
Introducing Bio-Rad’s TGX and TGX Stain-Free FastCast Acrylamide Kits, Rev A
10033918
Instruction Manual, TGX™ and TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast™ Acrylamide Kit and Starter Kit
6455
FastCast Acrylamide Kits and Handcasting Equipment Brochure
6502
TGX and TGX Stain-Free FastCast Acrylamide Kits Brochure, Rev B
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10040758
Instruction Manual, Image Lab™ Software: Imaging Stain-Free Gels and Blots, Rev B
6507
TGX and TGX Stain-Free Gels: Publications List
10040758
Instruction Manual, Image Lab™ Software: Imaging Stain-Free Gels and Blots, Rev B
0512
Evaluation of Stain-Free Gels for Gel-MS Applications (Poster)
6008
Comparison of the Criterion TGX Stain-Free Precast Gel System and Standard Coomassie Staining Procedures for Running and Imaging Protein Gels
2317
Ready-to-Run Buffers and Solutions Brochure, Rev F
RP0058
A Defined Methodology for Reliable Quantification of Western Blot Data
6494
Protein Purification Workflow with the NGC Chromatography System and Stain-Free Gels Brochure
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