Side population detection

From: Bill Telford (telfordw@box-t.nih.gov)
Date: Wed Jan 03 2001 - 10:15:50 EST


Hello everyone...

We have a group at NIH doing side population analysis using Hoechst 33342
by the standard technique.  My (probably obvious) question is...is there
something special about the Hoechst dye (mdr type specificity, nuclear
localization, etc) that makes it the only mdr susbtrate effective for stem
cell identification?  Is it possible to use other fluorescent mdr
substrates (i.e. rhodamine 123, daunomycin, etc.) to identify these cells?

Thanks in advance!

Bill Telford
DCS-NCI-NIH



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