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rupture (lysis) of cells and tissues from human, animal, plant, and microbial sources, and the inactivation of pathogens. PCT-enhanced systems (instruments and consumables) address some challenging problems inherent in biological sample preparation. PCT advantages include: (a) extraction and recovery of more membrane proteins, (b) enhanced protein digestion, (c) differential lysis in a mixed sample base, (d) pathogen inactivation, (e) increased DNA detection, and (f) exquisite sample preparation process control.
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Modern physical cell disruptors typically operate via either pneumatic or hydraulic pressure. Although pneumatic machines are typically lower cost, their performance can be unreliable due to variations in the processing pressure throughout the stroke of the air pump. It is generally considered that
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cell suspension, such as particle size, viscosity, protein yield and enzyme activity. In recent years the
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All high energy bead beating machines warm the sample about 10 degrees per minute. This is due to frictional collisions of the beads during homogenization. Cooling of the sample during or after bead beating may be necessary to prevent damage to heat-sensitive proteins such as enzymes. Sample warming
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Samples with a tough extracellular matrix, such as animal connective tissue, some tumor biopsy samples, venous tissue, cartilage, seeds, etc., are reduced to a fine powder by impact pulverization at liquid nitrogen temperatures. This technique, known as cryopulverization, is based on the fact that
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the sample or produce unwanted damage. There is no need to watch for a peak between enzyme activity and percent disruption. Since nitrogen bubbles are generated within each cell, the same disruptive force is applied uniformly throughout the sample, thus ensuring unusual uniformity in the product.
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Viscosity changes are also often observed when disrupting cells. If the cell suspension viscosity is high, it can make downstream handling—such as filtration and accurate pipetting—quite difficult. The viscosity changes observed with a
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rotor inside a 15, 50 or 200 ml chamber to agitate the beads. In this configuration, the chamber can be surrounded by a static cooling jacket. Using this same rotor/chamber configuration, large commercial machines are available to process many liters of
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methods allows the study and manufacture of relevant molecules. Except for excreted molecules, cells producing molecules of interest must be disrupted. This page discusses various methods. Another method of disruption is called
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The photochemical reduction process in photosynthesis. In
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and mechanical homogenizing methods and compares favorably to the controlled disruptive action obtained in a PTFE and glass mortar and pestle homogenizer. While other disruptive methods depend upon friction or a mechanical
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The photochemical activity of isolated chloroplasts. C. S. French, H. W. Milner, M. L. Koenig, and F. D. H. Macdowall. Carn. Inst. Wash. Yearb. 1948; 47:91-93
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Liquid Nitrogen Cryo-Impacting: a New Concept for Cell Disruption. Richard A. Smucker, Robert M. Pfister. Appl Microbiol. 1975 September; 30(3): 445–449.
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