CST, 47501S, 7-AAD Cell Staining Solution

Cellular Dyes for studying in the research area. Product Usage Information As a last step for flow cytometric assays, add 10 μl of 7-AAD Cell Staining Solution to 100 μl of sample. Incubate in the dark for 10 min at room temperature before analyzing cells on flow cytometer. Storage Store at 4ºC protected from light. Background 7-Aminoactinomycin D (7-AAD) is a fluorescent DNA dye that binds poly(dG-dC) regions with an excitation maxima at 543 nm when bound to DNA (1). 7-AAD can be used as dead cell discriminating dye due to its exclusion from live cells with intact membranes (2). Alternate Names cellular dyes; DNA dye