Ghost Dye Violet 510

Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Company:

Tonbo Biosciences

Product Name:

Ghost Dye Violet 510

Catalog Number:

13-0870

Ghost Dye violet 510 is a viability dye to differentiate live and dead cells. We used it to exclude dead cells and sort for live cells in our immune profiling studies using spleen and tumor samples through FACS analysis.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Flow Cytometry

Sample

Splenocytes and solid tumors

Primary Incubation

Dye was diluted at 1:200 in FACS staining buffer for 20 minutes on ice

Blocking Agent

Truestain FcX at 1:50 dilution in FACS staining buffer

Secondary Incubation

N/A

Tertiary Incubation

N/A

Detection

FACS

Results Summary

This dye was used to exclude dead cells and sort for live cells in our immune profiling studies using spleen and tumor samples through FACS analysis. This dye works well at 1:100 dilution and is resistant to fixatives, permeabilizing agents, and freeze/thawing.

DOI or PMID #

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Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Very good staining agent. Cells can be stored at 4°C after staining for up to 1 week.

The Bad

Nothing

The Bottom Line

This is one of the best dyes that I ever used due to the fact that this dye is stable after treating cells with fixatives.

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