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Steady-Luc™ Firefly HTS Assay Kit

A homogeneous firefly luciferase reporter gene assay kit with a luminescence half-life of about 3 hours, allowing batch processing in microplates.

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Assay type/options

High-throughput assay, Homogeneous assay, Luminescence (glow-type)

Detection method/readout

Microplate reader (luminescence)

Storage Conditions

Store at -60 °C or below

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Product Description

The Steady-Luc™ HTS assay system is a homogeneous, high-sensitivity firefly luciferase reporter gene assay kit. It is a glow-type assay with signal half-life of about 3 hours, allowing batch processing in microplates.

Features

  • Simple, single step homogeneous assay
  • Luminescence half life of about 3 hours
  • Great value: save up to 45% compared to other brands

Kit Components

  • D-Luciferin
  • Steady-Luc™ Firefly Assay Buffer

Firefly luciferase is widely used as a reporter for studying gene regulation and function, and for pharmaceutical screening. It is a very sensitive genetic reporter due to the lack of endogenous activity in mammalian cells or tissues. However, the light production resulting from the reaction leads to formation of suicidal adenyl-oxyluciferin at the enzyme surface. It results in very short half-life of the light emission with a flash-type kinetics. Because of this, flash-type luminescence must be detected immediately after initiating the reaction, which is not compatible with batch analysis of samples.

Biotium’s Steady-Luc™ Firefly Assay Buffer contains a proprietary mixture of substances that prevent the adenyl-oxyluciferin reaction, producing a long lasting, glow-type signal. It produces luminescence signal with a half-life of about 3 hours, for a high-throughput microplate assay.

Glow-type luciferase assays like Steady-Luc™ have lower luminescence signal compared to flash-type assays. The sensitivity and limit of detection of the assay will depend on luciferase expression levels in your experimental system as well as luminometer sensitivity.

Biotium also offers Steady-Luc™ Firefly HTS Assay Kit (Lyophilized) (catalog no. 30028L), a new packaging format that includes lyophilized assay buffer for convenient room temperature shipping and storage at -20°C.

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30085Firefly Luciferase Assay Kit 2.0Flash-type firefly luciferase assay kit.
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999235X Firefly Lysis BufferExtra lysis buffer for use with Firefly Luciferase Assay Kits, only required if using well sizes larger than 24-well.
30028Steady-Luc™ Firefly HTS Assay KitGlow-type firefly luciferase assay with signal half-life of about 3 hours for high-throughput screening in multi-well plates.
30028LSteady-Luc Firefly HTS Assay Kit (Lyophilized)Steady-Luc kit with lyophilized assay buffer for economical room temperature shipping and convenient storage at -20°C.
30082Renilla Luciferase Assay Kit 2.0Flash-type Renilla luciferase assay kit.
999125X Passive Lysis BufferExtra lysis buffer for use with Renilla Luciferase Assay Kits, only required if using well sizes larger than 24-well.
30081Firefly and Renilla Luciferase Single Tube Assay KitAssay kit for measuring firefly and Renilla activities sequentially in the same sample in a single tube.
99821-100mL1X Passive Lysis Buffer 2.0 Extra lysis buffer for use with Firefly & Renilla Single Tube Assay Kits, only required if using well sizes larger than 24-well.
30020ATP-Glo™ Bioluminometric Cell Viability Assay KitFlash-type luminescence-based assay for measuring cell viability or ATP concentration.
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References

1. Pharm Res (2010) 27(12), 2528-43. DOI: 10.1007/s11095-010-0256-x
2. ACS Synth Biol (2017) 6(3), 428–438. doi:10.1021/acssynbio.5b00299
3. bioRxiv (2018) doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/228601
4. Environ Health (2019) 18, 45. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-019-0486-2 (lyophilized format)
5. APL Bioengineering (2020) 4, 016102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127302

 

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