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About Acti-stain
The Acti-stain™ line of fluorescent phalloidins has been developed with an emphasis on creating exceptionally bright and stable probes at an economical price. Side-by-side comparisons with leading competing products demonstrate that you will enjoy savings while not sacrificing the quality of the stain when switching to an Acti-stain™ probe. Additionally, these probes are compatible with popular filter sets such as FITC, TRITC and Cy5. The combination of in-house manufacturing, stringent quality control and convenient packaging provides a great value. Give them a try and see for yourself.

Product Uses Include

  • Stain F-actin in fixed cells
  • Stabilize actin filaments in vitro
  • Visualize actin filaments in vitro

    Actin staining is very useful in determining the structure and function of the cytoskeleton in living and fixed cells. The actin cytoskeleton is a very dynamic and labile structure in the living cell, but it can be fixed with paraformaldehyde prior to probing or staining for actin structures.

    Acti-stain™ 488 phalloidin
    Cat. # PHDG1

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    Acti-stain™ 555 phalloidin
    Cat. # PHDH1

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    Acti-stain™ 670 phalloidin
    Cat. # PHDN1

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    Swiss 3T3 cell stained with anti-vinculin (red), Dapi (blue nucleus) and F-actin is stained with Acti-stain™ 488 (green F-actin, Cat.# PHDG1).

    Swiss 3T3 cell with activated Rho, nucleus is stained with Dapi (blue) and F-actin is stained with Acti-stain™ 555 (red F-actin, Cat.# PHDH1).

    Mitotic Swiss 3T3 cell, F-actin stained with Acti-stain™ 670 (far-red, Cat. # PHDN1), nuclear DNA stained with Dapi (blue).



    Specifications:

    Figure 2. Emission and excitation scans for Acti-stain™ phalloidins

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    Absorbance and fluorescence scan of Acti-stain™ 488. Labeled phalloidin was diluted into methanol and its absorbance and excitation spectra were scanned between 350-750 and 500-750 nm, respectively. Absorbance peaks at 500 nm and fluorescence at 550 nm.

    Absorbance and fluorescence scan of Acti-stain™ 555. Labeled phalloidin was diluted into methanol and its absorbance and excitation spectra were scanned between 300-750 and 560-750 nm, respectively. Absorbance peaks at 560 nm and fluorescence at 575 nm.

    Absorbance and fluorescence scan of Acti-stain™ 670. Labeled phalloidin was diluted into methanol and its absorbance and excitation spectra were scanned between 300-750 and 600-750 nm, respectively. Absorbance peaks at 625 nm and fluorescence at 675 nm.


    Acti-stain phalloidins are the most well characterized phalloidins available. Tabe 1 describes their brightness, photostability, background and affinity constants to F-actin. Compare these performance characteristics to other fluorescent phalloidins and you will see the advantages of using Acti-stain™ for your actin staining requirements.

    Table 1. Biochemical characteristics of fluorescent phalloidins

    ConjugateCat.#

    Wavelengths (Ex/Em)

    Brightness (AFU*)

    Stability to photobleaching(half life in seconds**)

    Background (% of total AFU at 100nM**)

    Affinity (Kd in nanomolar)

    Fluorescein-phalloidin

    na485/535 FITC filter set43262272 +/-12

    Acti-stain™ 488

    PHDG1485/535 FITC filter set83257555 +/-8

    Acti-stain™ 535

    PHDR1535/585 TRITC filter set430271236 +/-7

    Acti-stain™ 555

    PHDH1535/585 TRITC filter set551461663 +/-8

    Acti-stain™ 670

    PHDN1640/680 Cy5 filter set332181850 +/-12

    * = AFU's measured by quantitative cell imaging. ** = Measured in stained Swiss 3T3 cells in the absence of antifade.


    For more information about protocols to fix and stain cells click here.



    Manuals and MSDS

    ProductCat.#

    Manual

    MSDS

    Acti-stain™ 488

    PHDG1

    Acti-stain™ 555

    PHDH1

    Acti-stain™ 670

    PHDN1



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