Re: Sunnyvale Red

From: Nancy Perlmutter (ngp@shapirolab.com)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2000 - 09:29:10 EST


I certainly don't know what dye Sunnyvale Red is, however the Red670 dye
sold by Sigma (also referred to as Quantum Red) is the familiar PE-CY5
tandem dye.

Nancy Perlmutter

At 08:50 AM 6/6/00 +0100, Arnold Pizzey wrote:

>At 10:53 02/06/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Our HTS department recently gave a presentation where they described as
> >assay system using a fluorochrome named Sunnyvale Red.  It excites at 488
> >nm and has a emission wavelength of 670 nm.  Is anyone familiar with it
> >and can it be used for flow?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Dixie Polakoff
> >FACS operator
> >Protein Design Labs
> >(510) 574-1528
> >
>
>Greetings Dixie,
>
>Sounds to me that this might be 'RED670'; I have used Streptavidin-RED670
>for the enumeration of G-CSF receptors via biotinylated G-CSF. I estimate
>that this fluorochrome is capable of reporting <100 receptors.
>It is available from GibcoBRL cat no.19543-016
>
>regards
>
>
>Arnold
>
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