Re: TO-PRO-3 or something else.

From: Andrew D. Wells, Ph.D. (adwells@mail.MED.UPENN.EDU)
Date: Tue Sep 14 1999 - 17:04:53 EST


>Dear all:
>
>we are searching for a dead-cell exclusion die to be detected in FL-4 (we
>have a 2 laser FACSCalibur). Has any of you had any experience with TO-PRO-3
>(sold by Molecular Probes), so to either suggest or warmly disencourage its
>use? Alternatively, did you come across to some other possible candidate?
>Thanks.


Alessandra,

We have used TOPRO-3 as an FL-4 vital dye with much success (see J. Clin.
Invest. 100:3173) at a final conc. of about 5 nM.

AW


Andrew D. Wells, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Medicine
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