Decent Tubulin Antibody For Staining Dendrites

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Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals
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Company:

EMD Millipore

Product Name:

anti-Tubulin, Clone: TU-20

Catalog Number:

MAB1637

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Antibody stained dendrites well, but left background speckling.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunofluorescence

Sample

Primary Mouse Neurons

Primary Incubation

1:500 in 5% Donkey Serum at 4C overnight

Blocking Agent

10% Donkey Serum at RT 1hr

Secondary Incubation

1:400 Dylight Donkey anti-mouse

Tertiary Incubation

None

Detection

Microscopy

Results Summary

Staining was good for marking dendrites, but fades as you move more distally. To quantify you must up the intensity to find distal processes, but this overexposes proximally. Staining also left background speckles that made automated quantification impossible, but okay for manual.

DOI or PMID #

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Summary

The Good

Stains dendrites

The Bad

High background

The Bottom Line

Good antibody, recommended by others. Would work well as a marker visually, but difficult for analysis.

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