Dear Confocalists,
 
We have problems measuring Ca2+ in Red Blood Cells. There is not only a bad
loading with fura-2 or Indo-1 but also a very high background fluorescence.
Fluo-3 is working better but it is harder to quantify.
Has anyone a suggestion to measure Ca2+ in intact cells.
 
Thanks
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