Storage conditions
Short term: -20°C; Long term: -80°C. Minimize freeze and thaw cycles.
Shelf life
12 months in lyophilized form; 6 months in solution form.
Restriction
For research use only. Not for diagnostic procedures.
About
Rats are used to make rat monoclonal anti mouse antibodies. There are less rat- than mouse clones however. Rats genes from rodents of the genus Rattus norvegicus are often studied in vivo as a model of human genes in Sprague-Dawley or Wistar rats.