Streptavidin Cy5

jonathan.welsh (jonathan.welsh@bbsrc.ac.uk)
Thu, 31 Jul 97 17:52:11 +0100

Hello all,

We are getting a lot of background fluorescence after using streptavidin Cy5 to
label biotinylated primary Mabs to mouse thymocyte surface markers. Can anyone
out there suggest a reason for this and how it can be minimised? Are there any
blocking steps that are needed for other biotinylated moieties on the cell
surface? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Jon