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title: "Can I use my own 1X PBS with the CUTANA™ ATAC-seq Kit?"
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updated: 2026-09-15T01:28:17Z
published: 2026-09-15T01:28:17Z
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# Can I use my own 1X PBS with the CUTANA™ ATAC-seq Kit?

We do NOT recommend using other 1x PBS preparations. Various recipes for PBS exist in the literature and from commercial providers, but may provide significantly different results during nuclei extraction and tagmentation. The 10X PBS provided in the CUTANA ATAC-Seq Kit has been rigorously tested in the CUTANA ATAC-seq workflow, demonstrating optimal performance. Use of sub-optimal PBS could result in lower quality of nuclei after extraction (**Figure 1**). Contact [Tech Support](mailto:techsupport@epicypher.com) if you require extra 10X PBS.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/1fc69f91-cf1e-45ab-bc51-4063eb80e37c/Images/Documentation/NE PBS comparisons [NE image].jpg)

**Figure 1.** Representation of nuclei extraction when different sources of PBS were used. **A)** Optimally extracted nuclei using PBS from the CUTANA ATAC-Seq Kit. **B)** Nuclei extracted using an alternative recipe for PBS. Note nuclear swelling and poorer membrane integrity as compared to nuclei in A).