Qkine
Based at Murdoch House in Cambridge, Qkine manufactures high-purity, animal-free growth factors, cytokines, and other complex proteins for life science applications including stem cell and organoid culture.
Qkine combines proprietary production processes with protein engineering technology to tackle fundamental biological, quality, and scale-up challenges.
Qkine's goal is to provide the highest purity, bioactive proteins for research and bio-manufacturing to best support our customers and maximize the impact of their science.
More information at https://qkine.com.
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Bovine/porcine FGF-2 protein (bFGF/basic FGF) 154 aa, this is the long form of FGF-2 used for the development of optimized serum-free culture media for species-specific bovine (cow) and porcine (pig) cultivated meat...
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Sonic hedgehog (Shh) protein has many applications in the neural stem cell field. Shh is used as a growth factor (cytokine) to induce cell types in ventral domains at various levels in the forebrain, midbrain,...
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Human TGF-β3 protein is a member of the Transforming Growth Factor family, a family involved in regulating cell survival, proliferation and differentiation. TGF-β3 is used in human pluripotent stem cell maintenance...
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FGF2-G3 (FGF2-STAB®) protein is a thermostable engineered form of FGF-2 (bFGF). Qk053 is the 154 aa mature domain of FGF-2 (Qk027) with the nine amino acid substitutions developed by Dvorak et al. 2018. This...
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human KGF / FGF-7 protein is a member of the FGF family secreted by mesenchymal cells and has a paracrine effect on neighbouring epithelial cells. KGF is used in the culture of lung, breast, liver, and bladder...
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FGF2-G3 (145 aa) protein is a thermostable engineered form of FGF-2 (bFGF). Qk052 comprises the 145 aa form of FGF-2 (Qk025) with the nine amino acid substitutions developed by Dvorak et al. 2018. This increases the...
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Human PDGF-AA (platelet derived growth factor AA) protein is a homodimer of PDGF-A peptide chains. This protein is a potent mitogen involved in embryogenesis. PDGF-AA is commonly used to differentiate human...
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mouse FGF-2/bFGF protein is an important factor in the maintenance of mouse epiblast- derived stem cells (EpiSC). Mouse naïve pluripotency is maintained by LIF, BMP-4, and Wnt signalling pathways. However, the primed...
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Bovine/porcine FGF2 protein (bFGF, basic FGF) for development of species specific bovine (cow) and porcine (pig) cellular agriculture protocols and veterinary research applications. FGF-2 is used extensively in...
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Human IGF-1 LR3, insulin-like growth factor long arginine 3, protein is a synthetic form of IGF-1 with an N-terminal protein extension that improves potency and metabolic stability. IGF-1 LR3 is often used in the...
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Human BMP-4 (bone morphogenetic protein 4) protein is a key regulator of embryogenesis and supports the differentiation of embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. In addition, BMP4 plays roles in the...
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Human FGF-2 / bFGF protein (154 aa) is a highly bioactive, long–form of human fibroblast growth factor 2 protein. Human bFGF / FGF-2 protein is used to support the maintenance of human embryonic stem cells and...
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Recombinant human GDF-15 (growth differentiation factor 15) protein is a member of the TGFβ family and subject of intense interest as a marker of cellular stress and for its role in metabolism, cancer and pregnancy....
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Human FGF-2 /bFGF protein (145 aa) is our gold-standard and recommended FGF-2 / bFGF protein for induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and embryonic stem cells (ESC) maintenance, and induced pluripotent and mesenchymal...
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Human EGF protein is a potent EGF-family growth factor used in many human and mouse organoid and stem cell culture systems including intestinal and tumor (cancer) organoid culture.
A pure 6.3 kDa biologically...
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Recombinant human TGF-β1 PLUS protein is the first entirely animal-free recombinant human transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFβ1) protein for highly reproducible results and compatible with chemically-defined stem...
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Human R-spondin 1 protein (RSP1) is the prototypic member of the R-spondin family and is used to potentiate Wnt signalling in many organoid culture systems including intestinal and tumor (cancer) organoid culture....
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Human BMP2 protein (bone morphogenetic protein 2) protein is member of the TGFβ family and a key regulator of embryogenesis and potent differentiation factor of embryonic stem cells (ESC) and induced pluripotent stem...
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Zebrafish FGF-2 protein (bFGF/basic FGF) has been used extensively to support the maintenance and proliferation of human induced pluripotent (iPSC) and embryonic stem cells (ESC), used in the original Ludwig et al...