Description
AlexaFluor®568phalloidinisahigh-affinityF-actinprobeconjugatedtooursuperiorAlexaFluor®568dye.AlexaFluor®568dyeisphotostableandbrighterthanotherred-orangefluorescentdyeslikeLissaminerhodamineBandTexasRed-Xdye.
• SelectivelystainsF-actin
• Outstandingfluorescenceperformance
• Excitation/Emission:578/600nm
• Superiortoantibodystaining
• OptimalforfixedandpermeABIlizedsamples
GetSuperiorResultsinActinStainingStudies
Phalloidinisabicyclicpeptidebelongingtoafamilyoftoxinsisolatedfromthedeadly Amanitaphalloides "deathcap"mushroomandiscommonlyusedinimagingapplicationstoselectivelylabelF-actin.Fluorescently-labeledphalloidinhasvirtuallyidenticalbindingpropertieswithactinfromdifferentspeciesincludingplantsandanimals.PhalloidinbindsF-actinwithhighselectivitywhileAlexaFluor®568providesred-orangefluorescenceofunparalleledbrightnessandphotostability.Demonstratingverylittlenonspecificstaining,AlexaFluor®568phalloidinallowshigh-contrastdiscriminationofactinstaining.
UseinMultipleApplications
AlexaFluor®568phalloidincanbeusedtovisualizeandquantitateF-actinintissuesections,cellcultures,orcell-freepreparations.AlexaFluor®568phalloidinstainingisfullycompatIBLewithotherfluorescentstainsusedincellularanalysesincludingfluorescentproteins,Qdot®nanocrystals,andotherAlexaFluor®conjugatesincludingsecondaryantibodies.
Forresearchuseonly.Notintendedforhumanoranimaltherapeuticordiagnosticuse.