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Note: At Takara Bio, we are committed to offering the best-in-class products for whole transciptome analysis and immune profiling. We are continually improving performance by launching new products and refining kits to improve convenience and flexibility of our current products while keeping the same premium performance.

The changes to our NGS RNA-seq products include:

    1. Increased multiplexing capability and flexibility with a common set of Unique Dual Index (UDI) Kits
    2. Informative kit naming—mRNA for dT-primed kits, total RNA for randomly primed kits, and LP for kits that include library preparation
    3. Updated kit sizes to match UDI kit formats (i.e., 24, 96, or 384 reactions)

You can find a complete list of kits with new names and the existing kits they will replace in the table below.

mRNA-seq product reference guide with updated kit names and catalog numbers

Existing kit name Cat. # of existing kit New kit name Cat. # of new kit
SMART-Seq HT Kit 634437, 634438, 634439, 634455, 634456 SMART-Seq mRNA HT 634791, 634795, 634796
SMART-Seq HT PLUS Kit R400748, R400749 SMART-Seq mRNA HT LP 634792, 634793, 634794
SMART-Seq Single Cell 634470, 634471, 634472 SMART-Seq mRNA Single Cell 634789, 634785, 634790
SMART-Seq Single Cell PLUS R400750, R400751 SMART-Seq mRNA Single Cell LP 634786, 634787, 634788

SMART-Seq v4 Ultra Low Input RNA Kit for Sequencing

 634888, 634889, 634890, 634891, 634892, 634893, 634894 SMART-Seq mRNA 634772, 634773, 634770
SMART-Seq v4 PLUS Kit R400752, R400753 SMART-Seq mRNA LP 634768, 634769, 634771
New product SMART-Seq mRNA LP (with UMIs) 634762, 634765, 634766

Note: At Takara Bio, we are committed to offering the best-in-class products for whole transciptome analysis and immune profiling. We are continually improving performance by launching new products and refining kits to improve convenience and flexibility of our current products while keeping the same premium performance. 

The changes to our NGS RNA-seq products include:

  1. Increased multiplexing capability and flexibility with a common set of Unique Dual Index (UDI) Kits
  2. Informative kit naming—mRNA for dT-primed kits, total RNA for randomly primed kits, and LP for kits that include library preparation
  3. Updated kit sizes to match UDI kit formats (i.e., 24, 96, or 384 reactions)

You can find a complete list of kits with new names and the existing kits they will replace in the table below.

mRNA-seq product reference guide with updated kit names and catalog numbers

Existing kit name Cat. # of existing kit New kit name Cat. # of new kit
SMART-Seq HT Kit 634437, 634438, 634439, 634455, 634456 SMART-Seq mRNA HT 634791, 634795, 634796
SMART-Seq HT PLUS Kit R400748, R400749 SMART-Seq mRNA HT LP 634792, 634793, 634794
SMART-Seq Single Cell 634470, 634471, 634472 SMART-Seq mRNA Single Cell 634789, 634785, 634790
SMART-Seq Single Cell PLUS R400750, R400751 SMART-Seq mRNA Single Cell LP 634786, 634787, 634788

SMART-Seq v4 Ultra Low Input RNA Kit for Sequencing

 634888, 634889, 634890, 634891, 634892, 634893, 634894 SMART-Seq mRNA 634772, 634773, 634770
SMART-Seq v4 PLUS Kit R400752, R400753 SMART-Seq mRNA LP 634768, 634769, 634771
New product SMART-Seq mRNA LP (with UMIs) 634762, 634765, 634766

Good science leaves no possibility uninvestigated—no matter how small the sample size or how varied the sample composition. We offer best-in-class tools for rapid and accurate transcriptome analysis using RNA-seq, and are continuously refining and building upon our core SMART (Switching Mechanism at the 5′ end of RNA Template) technology, which leverages the template-switching capability of certain reverse transcriptases to generate double-stranded cDNA in a single step.

Benefits

  • Fast and simple—ligation-free SMART technology streamlines your RNA-seq library preparation regardless of input amount
  • Accurate—identify each transcript's strand of origin with >99% accuracy for both mammalian and nonmammalian samples
  • Sensitive—detect low-abundance transcripts, including noncoding RNAs
  • Flexible—sequencer-agnostic cDNA synthesis kit doesn't limit your downstream approach
  • Targeted—only sequence the transcripts you are interested in
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Single-cell RNA-seq

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cDNA synthesis for Illumina or Ion Torrent

Targeted RNA-seq for Illumina

SMARTer RNA Unique Dual Index Kits

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