Normal Mouse Serum, eBioscience™, Invitrogen™

Description

Description: This normal mouse serum can be used to inhibit non-specific binding of mouse monoclonal antibodies during staining for flow cytometric analysis. This product can be used with cat. 4777, 4774, 7979. It can also be used in other applications which require normal mouse serum.

Normal Sera are non-immune serum samples from goat, human, mouse, rabbit and other species that contain the usual complement of serum proteins, including the various classes of immunoglobulins that exist in healthy animals of the particular species. Normal serum provides a sufficient quantity of endogenous proteins to saturate and block nonspecific binding sites on fixed samples or assay substrates. When used as an antibody diluent, non-immune serum also supplies a native chemical environment for antibodies to function properly without adding foreign protein components. Normal serum is frequently used for blocking or saturating generalized binding interactions for immunodetection methods, especially those involving tissue samples such as immunohistochemistry (IHC). Normal sera are also useful as controls for testing general and specific antibody purification methods.

Recommended Storage

2° to 8°C. For extended storage (>3 months), aliquot and freeze the product at −20°C or below.