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Luminaris qPCR Master Mixes
Thermo Scientific™ Luminaris™ products are an advanced line of high performance qPCR master mixes with a built-in multilevel control system for more accurate, sensitive, and specific real-time PCR results.
- High specificity—no non-specific amplification
- Excellent sensitivity–down to single copy detection
- Wide linear range—accurate quantification across 9 orders of magnitude
- UDG in the master mix to prevent carry-over contamination
- Colored formats—blue master mix and yellow sample buffer for easy pipetting
- Versions with premixed ROX or fluorescein for different real-time platforms
Luminaris products
Luminaris Color and Luminaris (colorless) qPCR Master Mixes are provided for probe or SYBR Green detection chemistries. Individual formulations with ROX or fluorescein as passive reference dyes are compatible with most qPCR platforms.
Luminaris HiGreen qPCR master mixes
- Luminaris Color HiGreen High ROX qPCR Master Mix
- Luminaris Color HiGreen Low ROX qPCR Master Mix
- Luminaris Color HiGreen Fluorescein qPCR Master Mix
- Luminaris Color HiGreen qPCR Master Mix
- Luminaris HiGreen High ROX qPCR Master Mix
- Luminaris HiGreen Low ROX qPCR Master Mix
- Luminaris HiGreen Fluorescein qPCR Master Mix
- Luminaris HiGreen qPCR Master Mix
Four levels of control for superior real-time PCR results
The Luminaris Color qPCR Master Mixes are specially formulated to produce consistent and reproducible qPCR data by using four levels of control over variation in your real-time PCR:
- Level 1: Control over pipetting errors by providing colored reagents
- Level 2: Control over carry-over contaminations by providing UDG in the master mix
- Level 3: Control over non-specific amplifications by using Hot Start Taq polymerase of ultra low residual activity
- Level 4: Control over false negatives
Level 1: Control over pipetting errors by providing colored reagents
Luminaris Color qPCR Master Mixes incorporate an inert blue dye which significantly enhances the contrast between the reagent and plastic and does not affect the qPCR reaction. The Yellow Sample Buffer complements the color system by making the overall dispensing of qPCR reaction components quick and easy. This is particularly important when using opaque white reaction plates and tubes, generally recognized as giving superior qPCR results.
Figure 1. Colored solutions for easy reaction setup in white plates. Blue Luminaris Color qPCR Master Mix combined with the Yellow Sample Buffer turns the solution green and make dispensing of reaction components easy. Luminaris Master Mixes are also available in colorless formulations. The performances of Luminaris (colorless) and Luminaris Color Master Mixes are equal.
Level 2: Control over carry-over contaminations by providing UDG in the master mix
Even minute amounts of contaminating DNA can lead to false positive results in qPCR. The UDG enzyme included in Luminaris qPCR Master Mix degrades possible carry-over amplicons from previous qPCR reactions and allows amplification of specific products only.
Figure 2. UDG removes carry-over contaminations in qPCR for more accurate results. A gene was amplified from human gDNA (100 ng – 10 pg) spiked with dU-containing PCR product (3000 copies/sample). DNA was amplified with or without UDG treatment step on ABI StepOnePlus™ Real-time PCR instrument using Luminaris Color Probe High ROX qPCR Master Mix. NTC: no-template control.
Level 3: Control over non-specific amplifications by using Hot Start Taq polymerase of ultra low residual activity
Luminaris Color qPCR Master Mixes are created to provide the highly specific qPCR results. The chemically modified Hot Start Taq DNA polymerase included in the master mix has ultra low residual activity until thermally activated. This eliminates non-specific amplification and primer dimers formation during reaction setup. Reactions with Luminaris qPCR Master Mixes can be stored for up to three days after reaction setup without impacting specificity or sensitivity.
Figure 3. Exceptionally low residual activity of Hot Start Taq DNA polymerase enables unmatched stability of fully assembled qPCR reactions. Amplification of a gene from human genomic DNA (100 ng – 10 pg) with Luminaris Color HiGreen qPCR Master Mix and a master mix from other supplier. Reactions were setup and run either immediately or after 72 h on the Thermo Scientific™ PikoReal™ 96 Real-Time PCR System. Amplification curves and melting curve analysis indicate high specificity and sensitivity of reactions with Luminaris master mix. NTC - no-template control.
Level 4: Control over false negatives with qPCR sensitivity down to single copy detection
The high sensitivity of Luminaris qPCR Master Mixes allows accurate quantification of low-copy targets.
Figure 4. Detection of single copy target with Luminaris Color qPCR Master Mixes. A human gene was amplified in 384 replicate reactions containing an average of one copy of target DNA molecules (3.33pg of human genomic DNA) per reaction using Luminaris Color HiGreen High ROX Master Mixes on ABI Viia7™ Real-Time PCR instrument. Amplification plot (left) and normal distribution curve of Cq values (right) are shown. The obtained detection rates of at least one target copy per reaction (p=0.59 and p=0.65) are in accordance with the statistical Poisson probability distribution rate for rear events, which equals 0.631.
1. Lockey, C., et al., Real-Time Fluorescence Detection of a Single DNA Molecule, BioTechniques, 24, 744-746, 1998.
Luminaris instrument product compatibility charts
| HiGreen High ROX qPCR Master Mix | HiGreen Low ROX qPCR Master Mix | HiGreen Fluorescein qPCR Master Mix | HiGreen qPCR Master Mix | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorless | K0961, K0962, K0953, K0964 | K0971, K0972, K0973, K0974 | K0981, K0982, K0983, K0984 | K0991, K0992, K0993, K0994 | |
| With blue dye | K0361, K0362, K0363, K0364 | K0371, K0372, K0373, K0374 | K0381, K0382, K0383, K0384 | K0391, K0392, K0393, K0394 | |
| Thermo Scientific | PikoReal 24 Real-Time PCR System, PikoReal 96 Real-Time PCR System | ✓ | |||
| Life Technologies | 7000, 7300, 7700, 7900, 7900HT, StepOne Plus™, StepOne™ | ✓ | |||
| 7500, 7500 Fast, ViiA™ 7, QuantStudio™ 12K | ✓ | ||||
| Bio-Rad | CFX96™, CFX384™, MiniOpticon™, Opticon®, Opticon 2, Chromo4™ | ✓ | |||
| MyiQ™, iQ5™, iCycler® iQ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Stratagene | Mx4000®, Mx3005P®, Mx3000P® | ✓ | |||
| Roche Diagnostics | LightCycler®480, LightCycler® 1.5, LightCycler® 2.0 | ✓ | |||
| QIAGEN | Rotor-Gene™ 3000, Rotor-Gene™ 6000, Rotor-Gene Q | ✓ | |||
| Eppendorf | MasterCycler® ep realplex | ✓ | |||
| Cepheid | SmartCycler® SmartCycler® II | ✓ | |||
| Techne | PrimeQ | ✓ | |||
| Illumina | Eco Real-Time PCR System | ✓ | |||
| Probe High ROX qPCR Master Mix | Probe Low ROX qPCR Master Mix | Probe qPCR Master Mix | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| With blue dye | K0331, K0332, K0333, K0334 | K0341, K0342, K0343, K0344 | K0351, K0352, K0353, K0354 | |
| Colorless | K0931, K0932, K0933, K0934 | K0941, K0942, K0943, K0944 | K0951, K0952, K0953, K0954 | |
| Thermo Scientific | PikoReal 24 Real-Time PCR System, PikoReal 96 Real-Time PCR System | ✓ | ||
| Life Technologies | 7000, 7300, 7700, 7900, 7900HT, StepOne Plus™, StepOne™ | ✓ | ||
| 7500, 7500 Fast, ViiA™ 7, QuantStudio™ 12K | ✓ | |||
| Bio-Rad | CFX96™, CFX384™, MiniOpticon™, Opticon®, Opticon 2, Chromo4™ | ✓ | ||
| MyiQ™, iQ5™, iCycler® iQ | ✓ | |||
| Stratagene | Mx4000®, Mx3005P®, Mx3000P® | ✓ | ||
| Roche Diagnostics | LightCycler®480, LightCycler® 1.5, LightCycler® 2.0 | ✓ | ||
| QIAGEN | Rotor-Gene™ 3000, Rotor-Gene™ 6000, Rotor-Gene Q | ✓ | ||
| Eppendorf | MasterCycler® ep realplex | ✓ | ||
| Cepheid | SmartCycler® SmartCycler® II | ✓ | ||
| Techne | PrimeQ | ✓ | ||
| Illumina | Eco Real-Time PCR System | ✓ | ||
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