PTC Extraction Kit with Perishables School Science STEM Kit

Includes:

• Primer/Loading Dye Mix
• Restriction Enzyme
• DNA Marker
• PTC Taste Papers and Control Papers
• Ready-to-Go Beads™ (0.2- or 0.5-mL tubes)
• Mineral Oil
• Chelex
• CD-ROM
• Teacher's Manual with Reproducible Student Guide

Not included but needed:

• Electrophoresis Apparatus
• Thermal Cycler
• Micropipettors
• 1.5 mL Microcentrifuge Tubes
• 15 mL Conical Tubes
• Saline Solution
• Paper Cups

• Extraction and Amplification Kit with 0.2-mL Tubes (with Perishables)
• This kit explores the molecular basis of the inherited ability to taste the bitter chemical phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)
• Users safely obtain a sample of their own DNA and amplify a 221-nucleotide region of the PTC taste receptor gene
• Each kit includes materials for 25 PCR reactions and restriction digests, and a CD-ROM
• Comes with perishable materials