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RACE kit recommendation - (Feb/09/2006 )

Hi all,

Although I've been able to sequence the 3' end of my cDNA I've had no success with the 5' end using a kit from Invitrogen. I am tired of spinning my wheels and am looking for a different kit to try. The 2 products I'm leaning towards are Ambion's RLM-RACE and Seegene's Capfishing kit. Has anybody used either of these or could you recommend a kit that has worked well for you.

Many thanks!

-stellar-

QUOTE (stellar @ Feb 9 2006, 04:02 PM)
Hi all,

Although I've been able to sequence the 3' end of my cDNA I've had no success with the 5' end using a kit from Invitrogen. I am tired of spinning my wheels and am looking for a different kit to try. The 2 products I'm leaning towards are Ambion's RLM-RACE and Seegene's Capfishing kit. Has anybody used either of these or could you recommend a kit that has worked well for you.

Many thanks!


I have use Ambion's RLM-RACE, and found it work beter for 5'RACE fragment<0.5kb...

-rshi-

From what I have tried, I would go with Ambion.

I think it is the most reasonable offering from a time and expense standpoint ($380, 5 hours).

-Matt

-MisticMatt-

Thats three votes for Ambion!!!

-beccaf22-