| Description | Non-specific monocyte binding remains a ubiquitous challenge in flow cytometry. Although the exact mechanism is undefined, literature implicates CD64 interactions with cyanine dyes. However, our data demonstrate that non-specific binding extends beyond cyanine-based fluorophores: certain non-cyanineNon-specific monocyte binding remains a ubiquitous challenge in flow cytometry. Although the exact mechanism is undefined, literature implicates CD64 interactions with cyanine dyes. However, our data demonstrate that non-specific binding extends beyond cyanine-based fluorophores: certain non-cyanine fluorescent dyes also exhibit this phenomenon. Crucially, we observed selective non-specific staining on monocytes for all tested PE and APC tandem dyes. Human Fc Receptor Blocking Solution is a non-antibody blocking solution and has been formulated to block non-specific binding of PE-Cy7, PE-Cy5, PE-Cy5.5, PE-APC, APC-Cy7, and AF647 which is also a cyanine dye commonly appeared on monocytes and macrophages.This buffer contains specialized human IgG containing 0.05% ProClin 300. It is not recommended to be used for staining human IgG. Handle as biohazard agent.Human peripheral blood leukocytes were either not preincubated (Upper Plots) or were preincubated (Lower Plots) with Human Fc Receptor Blocking Solution as indicated. The cells were then selectively stained with either Mouse IgG1-kappa (PE-Cy5.5), anti-E8L (Ab216584), Mouse IgG1-kappa (PE-Cy7), anti-E8L (Ab216583), Mouse IgG2b-kappa (PE-Cy5), anti-E8L (Ab216565), Mouse IgG2c-kappa (PE-Cy5), anti-HEL (Ab212231) or Mouse IgG2c-kappa (PE-Cy7), anti-HEL (Ab212232). Two-dimensional pseudocolor plots of SSC-A vs Mouse IgG show that the Human Fc Receptor Blocking Solution reduces non-specific binding compared to staining without any blocking reagent. Human peripheral blood leukocytes were either not preincubated any blocking reagent (Top Plots) or were preincubated with competitor Fc Receptor Blocking reagent (Middle Plots) or were preincubated with Human Fc Receptor Blocking Solution (Bottom Plots) as indicated. The cells were then selectively stained with either Mouse IgG (APC-Cy7) (Ab213860), Mouse IgG2b-kappa (PE-Cy5), anti-E8L (Ab216565) or Mouse IgG2c-kappa (PE-Cy5), anti-HEL (Ab212231). Two-dimensional pseudocolor plots of SSC-A vs Mouse IgG show that the Human Fc Receptor Blocking Solution reduces non-specific binding compared to staining without any blocking reagent or with competitor Fc Receptor Blocking reagent. ... Read More | Crude collagenase preparations contain several isoforms of two different collagenases, a sulfhydryl protease, clostripain, a trypsin-like enzyme, and an aminopeptidase. This combination of collagenolytic and proteolytic activities is effective at breaking down intercellular matrices, the essential Crude collagenase preparations contain several isoforms of two different collagenases, a sulfhydryl protease, clostripain, a trypsin-like enzyme, and an aminopeptidase. This combination of collagenolytic and proteolytic activities is effective at breaking down intercellular matrices, the essential part of tissue dissociation. One component of the complex is a hydrolytic enzyme which degrades the helical regions in native collagen preferentially at the Y-Gly bond in the sequence Pro-Y-Gly-Pro, where Y is most frequently a neutral amino acid. This cleavage yields products susceptible to further peptidase digestion. 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Sequence contains amino acids 95-98 of myelin basic protein (MBP) including Thr 97 within the Pro-X-Ser/Thr-Pro MAP kinase substrate consensus sequence phosphorylation site.MAP kinase substrate (MBP)is a peptide MAP kinase substrate (MBP) is a peptide substrate for ERK 1 and ERK 2 MAP kinases. Sequence contains amino acids 95-98 of myelin basic protein (MBP) including Thr 97 within the Pro-X-Ser/Thr-Pro MAP kinase substrate consensus sequence phosphorylation site.MAP kinase substrate (MBP)is a peptide substrate for ERK 1 and ERK 2 MAP kinases... Read More | N-Acetylneuraminyl-fucosyllacto-N-neo-tetraose is used as a reference material in the analysis of milk oligosaccharides | Telomerase-IN-3 is a telomerase inhibitor, which directly targets hTERT promoter activity. hTERT is the key component for maintenance of telomerase activity.Form:Solid |