Re: Resolution of dim fluorescence

Dennis_Young@CIS.ucsd.edu
Tue, 21 Mar 1995 16:13:00 -0800

The scaling of the histograms will effect where they intersect (display constant
*PERCENTAGE*).
One assumes non-specific binding is equal for both (or more) reagents.
The intersection method assumes also that false-positives are balanced by
false-negatives on either side of the inflection. You will sometimes see two
populations after subtraction; above and below the original histogram's peak.

What is the precision of the staining and how many replicates do you prepare
per experiment?

Flow cytometry *IS* limited in sensitivity (to about 5,000 FITC per particle)
and may not be the appropriate assay system. Positive/negative for fluorescence
does *NOT* mean that the antigen is or is not there!

Do you have this:
Flow Cytometry Titration of Retroviral Expression Vectors: Comparison of Methods
for Analysis of Immunofluorescence Histograms Derived from Cells Expressing Low
Antigen Levels, Sladek and Jacobberger, Cytometry, 14:23-31 ,1993)?

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