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Invitrogen™ SYTOX AADvanced™ Ready Flow™ Reagent
Description
- A high-affinity nucleic acid stain for the detection of dead cells in flow cytometry
- SYTOX AADvanced Ready Flow Reagent is a ready-to-use, direct-to-sample dead cell stain that emits red fluorescence when bound to DNA
- It is spectrally similar to 7-AAD, but with rapid uptake kinetics and relatively low CVs
- It penetrates cells more efficiently than 7-AAD, providing better separation of live and dead cells
- Add 2 drops form the dropper bottle directly into 1 x 106 cells, incubate, and analyze
- The dye has excitation/emission maxima of 546/647 nm
- No need to dilute, weigh, or pipette
- Stable at room temperature
Specifications
Specifications
| Cell Permeability | Impermeant |
| Color | Red |
| Content And Storage | Includes 2 dropper bottles, store at room temperature. |
| Description | SYTOX AADvanced™ Ready Flow™ Reagent |
| Detection Method | Fluorescence |
| For Use With (Application) | Viability Assay |
| For Use With (Equipment) | Flow Cytometer |
| Product Type | Reagent |
| Dye Type | Cell-Impermeant |
| Emission | 647 |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
SYTOX AAdvanced labels only dead cells because it is a cell impermeant dye. The dye can only enter cells that have a compromised plasma membrane. Trypsinization may cause temporary disruption of the plasma membrane, sufficient to allow staining with a cell impermeant dye. You can reduce the false-dead problem by either reducing the amount of trypsin and/or reduce the incubation time for trypsinization or use a gentler dissociation reagent such as TrypLE Express, TrypLESelect reagents, or Versene. After trypsinization, wash well, and if possible, allow a recovery time in normal culture media before staining with any of the SYTOX dyes.
Yes, you may scale up or down as needed, but we recommend keeping the cell density the same. There are 41 µL per drop, so 2 drops is 82 µL (for the 1 mL of sample). You need to only scale down for this 100 µL volume, which would be 8.2 µL.
The amount of dye or reagent in the Ready Flow products is proprietary. If you need to consider the exact amount of dye or reagent for your experiment, each of the Ready Flow reagents is available as a standalone product.
This is not recommended. The ReadyProbes reagents were developed for imaging applications whereas the Ready Flow reagents were optimized for flow cytometry.
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.