Re: murine stem cells

ronald hill (ronald@sugen.sf.ca.us)
Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:53:02 -0800

Arnold Mixon wrote:
>
> An investigator read somewhere(?) of a panel of monoclonal Abs used
> to identify murine progenitor/stem cells. Of interest is an antibody called
> "lin-neg." Anyone out there heard of it before/know of it's source? It
> sounds like it might be a cocktail of different Abs.
> Thanks,in advanced, to all responses.
>
> Arnold
> Arnold Mixon
> National Institutes of Health
> N.C.I., Surgery Branch
> Flow Cytometry Lab
> Tel.# 301-496-9816
> E-mail: Arnold_Mixon@nih.gov
>
> "Just the FACS Ma'am - I only want the FACS !!"

Lin-neg refers to those cells that are not labeled by a cocktail of
GR-1, Mac-1, CD4, CD8, Thy1.2, B220, and Ter119, i.e. are "lineage
negative". Contact Pharmingen for the monoclonals.

-Ron Hill, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Sugen, Inc.
Redwood City, CA
tel: 415-306-7797
fax: 415-369-0679
ronald@sugen.sf.ca.us