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Kanamycin monosulfate, Cell Culture Grade, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
Description
Kanamycin monosulfate, is used as an aminoglycoside antibiotic. Kanamycin can be used as a selection agent in several types of isolation media.Kanamycin sulfate from Streptomyces kanamyceticus has been used in tissue culture media. Kanamycin sulfate can also be used as a selection agent for cells transformed with kanamycin B resistance gene. It is recommended for use in cell culture applications at 100mg/mL.
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General Description
• Kanamycin monosulfate is the sulfate salt form of kanamycin A
• It was isolated from Streptomyces kanamyceticus
• This compound inhibits translocation during protein biosynthesis. It binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit, causing misreading of the mRNA sequence
Application
• Kanamycin monosulfate shows antibacterial activity. It is effective against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, as well as Mycoplasma species
• This compound is also involved in translating prokaryotic ribosomes
• In molecular biology experiments, it is commonly used to select and isolate transformants expressing the kanamycin resistance gene, and plants that have the NPT II (APH3) gene incorporated
Literature References
Patel, K. N.; Limgavkar, R. S.; Raval, H. G.; Patel, K. G.; Gandhi, T. R. High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Cefalexin Monohydrate and Kanamycin Monosulfate with Precolumn Derivatization. J. Liq. Chromatogr. Related Technol. 2015, 38 (6), 716-721.
Chi, Z.; Rong, Y. J.; Li, Y.; Tang, M. J.; Chi, Z. M. Biosurfactins production by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens R3 and their antibacterial activity against multi-drug resistant pathogenic E. coli. Bioprocess. Biosyst. Eng. 2015, 38 (5), 853-861.

Specifications
Specifications
Type | Kanamycin Monosulfate |
Physical Form | Powder |
Color | White |
Quantity | 5 g |
Merck Index | 14,5281 |
Solubility Information | Soluble in water at 10mg/ml |
Formula Weight | 582.58 |
Grade | Cell Culture |
Chemical Name or Material | Kanamycin monosulfate |
Safety and Handling

- Kanamycin monosulfate, Cell Culture Grade
- Danger
- Reproductive toxicity Category 1B
- Respiratory sensitiser Category 1
- Skin sensitiser Category 1
- H317-May cause an allergic skin reaction.
- H334-May cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled.
- H360FD-May damage fertility. May damage the unborn child.
- P201-Obtain special instructions before use.
- P261-Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
- P304+P340-IF INHALED: Remove person to fresh air and keep comfortable for breathing.
- P308+P313-IF exposed or concerned: Get medical advice/attention.
- P342+P311-If experiencing respiratory symptoms: Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/ .
- MIXTURE LIST-Contains : Kanamycin sulphate
RUO – Research Use Only
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