Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| GTP | Roche | 10106399001 | Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Thickwall Polycarbonate Tubes | Beckman Coulter | 343776 | Part 2 |
| Optima MAX-XP Ultracentrifuge | Beckman Coulter | 393315 | Part 2, 3 |
| Polyallomer Tube with Snap-on Cap | Beckman Coulter | 357448 | Part 3 |
| AIDA Bio-package, 1D, 2D, FL | Raytest Isotopenmessgeräte GmbH | 15000001 | Part 4 |
| Luminescence Image Analyzer LAS-4000 | Fujifilm | Part 4 | |
| Thermo Spectronic AMINCO-Bowman Luminescence Spectrometer | Spectronic Instruments | Part 5 | |
| Fluorescence Cell | Hellma Analytics | 105-250-15-40 | Part 5 |
| Square 400 Mesh, Copper, 100/vial | Electron Microscopy Sciences | G400-Cu | Part 6 |
| CM120 Electron Microscope Operating at 120 kV | Philips | Part 6 | |
| 96 ml x 0.2 ml Plate | BIOplastics | B70501 | Part 7 |
| Malachite Green Phosphate Assay Kit | BioAssay System | POMG-25H | Part 7 |
| PowerWave HT Microplate Spectrophotometer | BioTek | Part 7 |
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