Alexa Fluor 488 Anti-rabbit Secondary Antibody

Medicine
UCSF
Research Associate

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Company:

Invitrogen Antibodies by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Name:

Donkey anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 488

Catalog Number:

a21206

We use this secondary in combination with a variety of different antibodies in both cytospins and frozen sectioned tissue, namely lung and trachea. We do a lot of IF and this is the only brand of secondary antibody we use right now. This review can speak for most of the secondary antibodies in this group-they all work very well for us.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunofluorescence

Sample

Frozen OCT embedded mouse or human tissue, cytospin of sorted cells, cultured cells

Primary Incubation

Variable, 4 degrees overnight

Blocking Agent

5% BSA, HS, triton, PBS

Secondary Incubation

1:1000 one hour room temp

Tertiary Incubation

N/A

Detection

Fluorescent scope

Results Summary

This secondary provides a reliable flourescence at 1:1000 in just an hour incubation. Works well with variety of cells-cultured, primary cytospins, and frozen fixed tissues.

DOI or PMID #

N/A

Additional Notes

N/A

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Summary

The Good

Reliable, clear

The Bad

Nothing!

The Bottom Line

This whole collection of secondaries works phenomenally and we don't use anything else.

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