BAPTA, Tetrasodium Salt is a selective calcium chelator with 105-fold greater affinity for Ca2+ than for Mg2+. This product is a high quality and sensitive compound for calcium signaling studies, investigation of signal transduction and apoptotic cascades, and neuroscience research.
BAPTA/AM is a cell-permeable form of BAPTA (Cat. No. AUR1014). Can be loaded into a wide variety of cells, where it is hydrolyzed by cytosolic esterases and is trapped intracellularly as the active chelator BAPTA.