RE: dilution of antibody

From: Joost Schuitemaker (J.H.Schuitemaker@AMC.UVA.NL)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2000 - 03:34:56 EST


Dear Albert,

Sorry, but I don't agree with you. When you should look at a marker 80% of
your cells is positive for. And you determine the amount of antibody
(= your
concentration) for 300.000 cells. It is not possible to get even a
peak far
from your negative peak when you stain 5 million cells. This means
that you
throw away at least 5 times the amount of antibody when you stain 300.000
cells. Because you determined (titrated) your antibody for 5 million
cells.
And the definition of concentration is the amount of Ab in a certain
volume.
So when you got 100.000 cells and need 0.01 µg of Ab to stain them you can
add this in 50 µl or in 5 ml. The only difference is the timeperiod
it will
take to get your Ab on the cells. Or am I mistaken?

Best regards,

Joost Schuitemaker



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