staining live yeast cells with hoechst stain

From: ROOPA ANDHARE (RANDHARE@utmem1.utmem.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 05 1999 - 21:08:50 EST


to whom it may concern
the problem i have is that most people fix yeast cells before adding the
hoechst stain to them for DAPI filter images of the nucleus , but i want to
stain live yeast cells  as fixing cells bleaches the GFP fluorescence which i
want to localize to the nuclear region. so i need to get a protocol for hoechst
staining of LIVE yeast cells, without fixing them. i have tried adding hoechst
to a liquid culture but the cells dont seem to take up the dye unless they are
fixed. i would appreciate any suggestions with regard to this problem 
thanks
roopa



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