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On this topic, I was wondering how well the chloro-methylated dyes are
retained. The Probes handbook says these dyes have "mild" thiol-reactivity
which would explain why the Tracker dyes are better retained in living cells.
But does that mean they actually cross-link to proteins? If I lysed the cells
after labeling, would I see fluorescently labeled proteins on SDS-PAGE?
Randy