Welcome
Cartagen Inc. is a small business located in the San Francisco Bay Area that is dedicated to developing novel products to facilitate genomic and proteomic research primarily in the field of Agricultural Biotechnology. We offer competitively priced products formatted for user convenience and backed by customer results. As a small business we routinely work closely with our customers to develop new products and tailor our kits to work with their specific applications.

We continue to expand our line of innovative reagents. Please add your name to our mailing list to receive new product updates, offers, and information.

From Sample to PCR- Fast!
A fast and efficient method for preparing PCR-ready DNA from most types of tissue, the Rapid Homogenization Buffer Set allows the user to run samples using their own optimized PCR protocol, saving time and reagent costs.

Recent Publications

Miller, H.B., Ledbetter, C.K., Bennett, S.... Using a commercial dna extraction kit to obtain rna from mature rice kernels. Plant Biotechnology Journal 3:360-363, 2008. David Ezra, Tammy Kroitor a d Avraham Sadowsky.

Molecular characterization of Phoma tracheiphila, causal agent of Mai secco disease of citrus in Israel. European Journal of Plant Pathology, Volume 118, Number 2. June 2007. Pages 198-191.

Gary A. Strobel, Katreena Kluck, Wilford M. Hess, Joe Sears, David Ezra and Percy N. Vargus. Muscodor albus E-6, an endophyte of Guazuma ulmifolia making volatile antibiotics: isolation, characterization and experimental establishment in the host plant. Microbiology (2007), 153, 2613-2620

Samer Khateb, Pnina Weisman-Shomer, Inbal Hershco-Shani, Anna L. Ludwig and Michael Fry. The tetraplex (CGG)n destabilizing proteins hnRNP A2 and CBF-A enhance the in vivo translation of fragile X premutation mRNA. Nucleic Acids Research, 2007, Vol. 35, No. 17 5775-5788

See more publications here!

News
Cartagen's Founder Returns to Lead Company

San Carlos, CA - June 1, 2008 - Cartagen, a key provider of niche products for the AgBio industry, today announced that the company’s founder, Steven Kirsher, has returned to lead the company as President and CEO. More...