The microsphere populations in the QuantumPlex™five-bead kits are encoded with different intensities of Starfire Red™, and microspheres in our ten-bead kits are distinguished by both fluorescence intensity and size. Starfire Red™ is a fluorescent dye with unique characteristics that make it ideal for multiplexing applications. The dye"s broad excitation band allows it to be excited at a number of wavelengths, and it emits in the FL3 channel (685nm) with very little carry-over into FL1 or FL2, leaving othe detectors available for determination of positive binding events via common reporters such as FITC and PE.

QuantumPlex™ kits are available with three different surfaces to accommodate the coating strategy of choice: streptavidin or carboxyl functional groups. For Flow Cytometry Resources, visit the Bangs Flow Blog.

转染技术新宠-Polysciences阳离子聚合物基因转染技术 其优点：适用宿主广泛，操作简便，细胞毒性小，转染率高。其中聚乙烯亚胺（PEI）的转染性能最好。聚乙烯亚胺是一种具有较高的阳离子电荷密度的有机大分子，每相隔两个碳原子，就是第三个原子都是质子化的氨基氮原子，使得聚合物网络在任何PH下都能充当有效的“质子海绵”体。这种聚阳离子能将各种报告基因转入各种种属细胞，其效果好于脂质聚酰胺，而且细胞毒性低。大量实验证明，PEI是非常有希望的基因治疗载体。目前在设计更复杂的基因载体时，PEI经常做为核心组成成分。