pasturella and fluorescent beads

From: Patricex Petit (pxpetit@cochin.inserm.fr)
Date: Thu Mar 04 1999 - 00:56:14 EST


you wrotte,

>I have a client who would like to attach pasturella to fluorescent beads
>in order to measure pasturella specific phagocytosis.  Has anyone out there
>done this?
>If you have, would you be willing to share your information.  We would be
>interested in, what fluorescent beads you used, what protocol you used to
>attach the beads to the pasturella, etc.        Any and all info on this
>subject
>will be appreciated.
>        Thanks in advance,
>        Joan K
>        Flow Cytometry Lab Supervisor
>        VMRCVM
>        (540) 231-4115
>        FAX 540-231-7367
>        jkalnits@vt.edu

I am actually working on a similar project. But like Arnold Pizzey, I find
quite usefull to use fluorescein diacetate. I can also label your
pasturella with PKH-26 (Molecular probes) and follow endocytosis. If you
need more details tell me. Good luck.

Amicalement

Patrice

Dr. Petit Patrice X.
Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire
INSERM U129 - CHU Cochin Port-Royal
24, rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques
F-75014 Paris, France.

Tel: 33 01 44 41 24 11
Fax: 33 01 44 41 24 21
E-mail: pxpetit@icgm.cochin.inserm.fr



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