Nope, no arabinose at the supermarket. It's found in low
concentrations in grape and apple juice, but I wasn't able to get
sufficient concentrations to enable GFP production.
Best price I found, and nice people to deal with, are the folks at
Cascade Biochemicals, http://www.cascadebiochems.com/
--Derek
On Mar 8, 9:26 am, Mega <masterstorm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As for 2. GFP I want to mention, you need arabinose.
>
> You can get it as DIY biologist, but not from the supermarket ( I
> think so, in fact never looked for arab there)
>
> And you need a black light source.
>
> There's a plasmid, pVIB, that is always 'on' and needs no special
> substrate. It may be more attracting to people if they see it glowing
> in the dark without UV-Lamps.
> That may only be true for me, at all. Though, I recommend thinking
> about this.
>
> Best
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