RE: Intracellular staining

P.Openshaw Medicine (p.openshaw@ic.ac.uk)
Mon, 24 Apr 1995 13:40:24 +0000 (GMT)

In response to Clive Gray:

> We are trying a saponin permeabilization technique - to measure
> intracytoplasmic cytokines and other proteins (p24 etc). We are
> initially fixing with 4% formaldehyde and then coming in with saponin
> and then labelling with our Ab.

Final conc 4% or 2%? Our protocol uses equal volumes of cells and 4%, i.e.
2% final, slightly hypertonic. Duration of fix and temperature can also be
critical.
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