Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
HEPES | Teknova | H1021 | |
Tween-20 | Fisher Scientific | BP337-100 | |
Methanol (HPLC-grade) | Sigma-Aldrich | 34860 | |
Isopropanol (HPLC-grade) | Sigma-Aldrich | 650447 | |
96-well Black assay plate | Costar | 3915 | |
384-well Low-volume black assay plate | Greiner | 788076 | |
SNAPtide FITC/Dabcyl substrate | List Biological Laboratories | 521 | FRET-based BoNT/A LC substrate |
Pin cleaning solution | V&P Scientific | VP 110 | |
Lint-free blotting paper | V&P Scientific | VP 540DB | |
Biomek Seal and Sample Aluminum foil lids | Beckman Coulter | 538619 |
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