Agilent Technologies and Protein Discovery have announced a distribution agreement for PPS Silent Surfactant, a specialised reagent from Protein Discovery used to prepare biological samples.
The exclusive agreement encompasses aspects of sales, marketing and support for PPS Silent Surfactant.
PPS Silent Surfactant is an acid-cleavable, zwitterionic detergent that helps researchers produce mass spectra from biological samples.
The reagent is particularly useful for solubilising hydrophobic proteins for extraction and preparative digestion.
'PPS Silent Surfactant improves capability for LC/MS-based research,' said Bill Molnar, Agilent vice-president and general manager, genomics and bioreagents.
'It can be used at any stage of the mass spec sample-preparation process without interfering with separation mechanisms, ESI or detection.
'It relieves detergent interference problems and improves recovery and identification of more proteins,' he added.
Effective immediately, Agilent customers can place orders for PPS Silent Surfactant through Agilent's Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis division.
