Doublets and cell cycle

From: DIANE M SHARP 695-7248 (Diane.M.Sharp@dupontpharma.com)
Date: Wed Mar 17 1999 - 08:53:23 EST


Dear colleagues,

I have a B-D FACScan and routinely do PI staining for cell cycle analysis.
I gate on width and area (doublet discrimination).  Does this guarantee 
exclusion of doublets?  I can clearly gate out doublets that appear to be 4N 
DNA content with a large pulse width signal, but I also often see greater
than 4N events that do not have a large width pulse.  Are these truly >4N
cells?  The cell lines I use are adherent human tumor and fibroblast cell
lines. Any input would be appreciated.

Diane Sharp
diane.m.sharp@dupontpharma.com  



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