Flow Cytometry Capabilities Guide
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Cell viability assays for flow cytometry are reliable methods to distinguish live and dead cell populations. Removing dead and dying cells from your flow cytometry data is critical to enable the accuracy of your results and analysis. Dead cells often give false positive results, as a compromised cell membrane allows for internalization and non-specific binding of many reagents.
Flow cytometry viability stains are available for use with fixable and non-fixable cell samples in a broad range of color options that are compatible with most instrument configurations.
| LIVE/DEAD fixable viability dyes | Cell viability assays | LIVE/DEAD cell viability assays | Bacterial viability and vitality assays | Yeast viability and vitality assays | |
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| Amine-reactive dyes | Nucleic acid binding dyes | Enzymatic substrates | Mammalian kits Bacterial kits Yeast kits | Bacterial kits | Yeast kits |
| Fixable | Non-fixable | Non-fixable | Non-fixable | Non-fixable; fixable | Non-fixable |
| Cell-impermeant | Cell-impermeant | Cell-permeant | Cell-impermeant; cell-permeant | Cell-impermeant; Cell-permeant | Cell-impermeant; Cell-permeant |
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| Dead cells | Dead cells | Live cells | Live cells; Dead cells | Live cells; Dead cells | Live cells; Dead cells |
| UV—Near IR | UV, Violet, Blue, Yellow, Red | UV, Violet, Blue, Yellow | Violet, Blue, Yellow | Violet, Blue, Yellow | Blue, Yellow |
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Cy™ is a trademark or registered trademark of GE Healthcare.
Not for resale. Super Bright Polymer Dyes are sold under license from Becton, Dickinson and Company.
Brilliant Ultra Violet™ and Brilliant Violet™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Becton, Dickinson and Company or its affiliates, and are used under license.
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
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