Specific Antibody From ThermoFisher With Some Background

Wayne State University

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Company:

ThermoFisher

Product Name:

AIRE Monoclonal Antibody (5H12), eFluor™ 660, eBioscience™

Catalog Number:

50-5934-82

Clone Number:

5H12

Decent antibody and works well in thymus, but there is some background to be expected. Does not work for flow.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunofluorescence

Sample

Mouse thymus

Primary Incubation

1:100 overnight at 4°C

Blocking Agent

5% BSA in PBST

Secondary Incubation

N/A

Tertiary Incubation

N/A

Detection

ZEISS LSM880

Results Summary

Mouse thymus stained with this antibody show nuclear staining of AIRE. Staining has a speckled appearance. There is a lot of background, but specific signal is clear.

DOI or PMID #

N/A

Additional Notes

Does not work for flow cytometry.

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Summary

The Good

Good staining in the thymus.

The Bad

Bad staining in periphery and does not work for flow.

The Bottom Line

This antibody only works for IF. It also works very poorly outside of the thymus.

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