Universal ABC Kit

National Institute of Nutrition
Biochemistry
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Company:

Vector Laboratories

Product Name:

Universal vectastain ABC kit

Catalog Number:

PK-6200

We are mainly working on obese retinal tissue in the lab. During my research I check the many protein expression pattern in retinal tissue. For this I use immunofluroence technique. For the above reason I use the ABC kit from Vector Laboratories.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Protein level expression in retinal scetions

Starting Material

Control and obese rat retinal paraffin sections.

Protocol Overview

Retinal paraffin sections, deparaffinized with xylenes and hydrate through graded series of alcohols. Ag retrieval step was done with citrate buffer. Blocking is done with goat serum for 1 hr. Afterwards, wash incubated with primary Ab overnight at 4oC. Then washed and added secondary antibody of respective primary. Finally, developed with kit.

Tips

Prepared all the reagents according to manufacturer's guidelines.

Results Summary

Tried with GFAP in retina of obese rat, it worked well.

Additional Notes

Take care of blocking step

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Summary

The Good

Given all the reagents with the kit.

The Bad

Expensive

The Bottom Line

I recommend to people who do imuunocyto/flurochemistry regularly.

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