Description
Oxazole yellow is a carbocyanine that can be used as a nucleic acid stain. Especially apoptotic cells become permeant to oxazole yellow.
Can be used as a substitute for YO-1®.
λex 489 nm; λem 506 nm
Ref.:
1) Comparison of apoptosis and mortality measurements in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) using multiple methods.
S. Glisic-Milosavljevic, J. Waukau, S. Jana, P. Jailwala, J. Rovensky, S. Ghosh, Cell Prolif. 2005, 38, 301-311.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2005.00351.x