There is a series of Live Cell Stains and Viability Assay Kits available
from Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR  97402 USA  503-465-8338. Trade name SYTO
11 through 16.
 
These might be of interest.
 
Tom
 
>Does anyone know about sytox,(ie,does it stain only dead cells or even live
>cells providing that incubation time is longer). Something more, what about
>double stain syto17-sytox, is there any trouble described? We found many
>problems in two-colour visualization of live-dead cells using these probes.
>Does syto-17 stain live cells or live and dead cells?
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