Cat.No.
AK-0001Y
Product Name
Live/Dead Yeast Viability Assay Kit
Size
100 Tests
Product Overview
The Live/Dead Yeast Viability Assay Kit is a reliable and robust assay that allows researchers to quantitatively distinguish live and dead yeast within minutes using flow cytometry.
Description
This kit contains two ready-to-use nucleic acid stains: a green fluorescent nucleic acid stain that labels all yeast populations - live yeast with intact membranes and dead yeast with damaged membranes, and propidium iodide that only stains dead yeast with damaged membranes. In dead yeasts where both dyes are present, the fluorescence of green fluorescent nucleic acid stain is notably reduced due to FRET by propidium iodide. As a result, live yeast with intact membranes will stain fluorescent green, and dead yeast with damaged membranes will stain fluorescent red.
Storage
Freeze (< -15 °C), Minimize light exposure
Data Sheet
