Cell & Tissue Kits

*Note: Typical Downstream Applications & Application Notes are Not all-inclusive

Kit Description
Catalog Number
Sample Type/ Input Volume Range
Elution Volume Range
Typical Run Times
Typical Downstream Applications
Application Notes
Maxwell® RSC Tissue DNA Kit
AS1610
Up to 50 mg mammalian tissue samples; approximately 150 µL tissue lysate
100 µL
< 40 min
agarose gel electrophoresis and other amplification-based assays such as PCR
PA204 Isolation of Genomic DNA from Mouse Tails on the Maxwell® RSC instrument
Maxwell® RSC DNA FFPE Kit
AS1450 (48 preps) ASB1450 (144 preps)
0.1-2.0 mm3 sections of formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue sections; 260 µL tissue lysate
Standard: 50 µL (40-100µL possible range)
< 35 min
agarose gel electrophoresis and other amplification-based assays such as PCR

PA352 DNA purification from Hematoxylin and Eosin Stained FFPE Tissue using the

Maxwell® RSC Instrument

Maxwell® FFPE Plus LEV DNA Purification Kit
AS1720 (RSC) AS1770 (RSC for Maxprep)
1 to 10 5-µm thin formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue sections (0.1-2.0 mm3 tissue); 600 µL tissue lysate
Standard: 50 µL (30-100µL possible range)
< 25 min
agarose gel electrophoresis and other amplification-based assays such as PCR
PA642 Automated DNA Purification from Blood on FTA Cards
Maxwell® RSC Cell DNA Purification Kit
AS1370
100 µL samples containing less than 10,000 cells (as few as 10 cells) such as amniotic fluid, cerebral spinal fluid, and cell supernatants; cell pellets resuspended in up to 400 µL
50 µL
< 25 min
agarose gel electrophoresis and other amplification-based assays such as PCR
PA384 Automated Purification of Host Cell DNA from Biologics
Maxwell® RSC Cultured Cells DNA Kit
AS1620
5 × 10⁶ mammalian tissue culture cells and 2 × 10⁹ bacterial cultured cell samples; cell pellets resuspended in up to 400 µL
100 µL
< 40 min
agarose gel electrophoresis and other amplification-based assays such as PCR

PA221 Droplet Digital PCR Compatibility with Maxwell® RSC Cultured Cells

DNA Kit Purification

Maxwell RSC Xcelerate DNA FFPE kit
AS1510

FFPE tissue samples

No info

< 1 hour

NGS

Technical Manual: Maxwell® RSC Xcelerate DNA FFPE Kit

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