Re: Alternative for streptavidin-RED670

From: Larry Arnold (lwarma@med.unc.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 17:00:47 EST


Arnold

CyChrome from Pharmingen is my preferred source of this
reagent.  Alternatively to use the 633 line try Cy5 or Alexa647 (we have
tried the later and it works well).

Larry

At 05:52 AM 7/10/2001, you wrote:

>Greetings all,
>
>Over the last few years I have been assaying G-CSF receptors using
>biotinylated ligand on various cell types. By far the best second layer for
>maost cell types has been streptavidin-RED670  from Gibco/BRL, sadly due to
>the invitrogen merger, many lines have been discontinued -one of them being
>my second layer of choice.
>
>I wonder if any others have had some experience of alternate second layers;
>the excitation may be either 488 or 633.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Arnold
>
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Larry W. Arnold, Ph.D.
Res. Assoc. Prof.
Director, Flow Cytometry Facility
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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