Any Specific Vital Stains, Dyes? - (Sep/05/2008 )
I've been growing primary cardiac myocytes in layers of Matrigel to try and image some broad mechanics (with a confocal microscope).  Of course, that calls for some strong but low-toxicity vital dyes.  I've tried a few, with Calcein AM and Hoechst 33342 performing great.  However, it's come to a point where I need to better discern the muscle cells from contaminating fibroblasts within the culture.  
So is there such thing as cytoskeletal-specific vital dyes?  I mean, phalloidin works without fixing, but kills the cells pretty quickly.  
-loungechaircarebear-
QUOTE (loungechaircarebear @ Sep 5 2008, 12:52 PM) 
I've been growing primary cardiac myocytes in layers of Matrigel to try and image some broad mechanics (with a confocal microscope).  Of course, that calls for some strong but low-toxicity vital dyes.  I've tried a few, with Calcein AM and Hoechst 33342 performing great.  However, it's come to a point where I need to better discern the muscle cells from contaminating fibroblasts within the culture.  
So is there such thing as cytoskeletal-specific vital dyes? I mean, phalloidin works without fixing, but kills the cells pretty quickly.
So is there such thing as cytoskeletal-specific vital dyes? I mean, phalloidin works without fixing, but kills the cells pretty quickly.
what about transfection with XFP-tagged proteins?
-The Bearer-
