Hi Flowers, I recently got involved in a collaboration with scientists studying the effect of environmental pollutants by investigating rodents (wood mice) they catch in the field. In preliminary experiments I was surprised to see that some monoclonals against mice CD's (3/19/11b/13) that show normal reactivity towards lab mice (Mus musculus) leukocytes fail to do so towards blood leukocytes of the wood mice (apodemus sylvaticus). My question: is this to be expected or not? Is a lab mouse so different from a wood mouse? Or should I complain with the mab manufacturer and/or start looking for another manufacturer? I'm a complete novice regarding lab mice work let alone wood mice! Any hints, suggestions are very welcome! thanks in advance. Dirk Prof. Dirk Van Bockstaele Laboratory of Hematology Head of Flow Cytometry / Molecular Diagnostics Antwerp University Hospital Wilrijkstraat 10 B-2650 Edegem Belgium phone 32 3 821 3900 fax 32 3 825 1148
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