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Rhodamine conjugation / labeling in < 20 mins with 30 secs hands-on time using Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® ab188286. 100% antibody recovery.

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Flow Cytometry - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (AB188286), expandable thumbnail
  • Conjugation - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (AB188286), expandable thumbnail
  • Fluorescence Microscopy - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (AB188286), expandable thumbnail
  • Immunohistochemistry (PFA perfusion fixed frozen sections) - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (AB188286), expandable thumbnail

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What's included?

3 x 10 µg
Components
Modifier reagent
1 x 200 µL
Quencher reagent
1 x 200 µL
Rhodamine Conjugate
3 x 10 µg

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Rhodamine conjugation / labeling in < 20 mins with 30 secs hands-on time using Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® ab188286. 100% antibody recovery.

Storage

Shipped at conditions
Ambient - Cannot Ship with Ice
Appropriate short-term storage conditions
-20°C
Appropriate long-term storage conditions
-20°C
Storage information
-20°C

Notes

Rhodamine Conjugation Kit / Rhodamine Labeling Kit ab188286 uses a simple and quick process for rhodamine labeling / conjugation of antibodies. It can also be used to conjugate other proteins or peptides. Learn about our . To conjugate an antibody to Rhodamine using this kit: - add modifier to antibody and incubate for 15 mins - add quencher and incubate for 5 mins The rhodamine conjugated antibody can be used immediately in WB, ELISA, IHC etc. No further purification is required and 100% of the antibody is recovered for use. The excitation and emmision wavelengths for Rhodamine are Ex: 550nm, Em: 570nm. Learn about buffer compatibility below; for incompatible buffers and low antibody concentrations, use our rapid . Use the to learn more about the technology, or about conjugating other proteins and peptides to Rhodamine. Custom size conjugation kits up to 100 mg are available on demand. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

This product is manufactured by Expedeon, an Abcam company, and was previously called Lightning-Link® Rapid Rhodamine Labeling Kit. 311-0005 is the same as the 100 ug size. 311-0010 is the same as the 3 x 100 ug size. 311-0030 is the same as the 3 x 10 ug size. 311-0015 is the same as the 1 mg size.

Amount and volume of antibody for conjugation to Rhodamine

Kit sizeRecommended
amount of antibody
1
Maximum
amount of antibody
Maximum antibody
volume2
3 x 10 μg3 x 10 μg3 x 20 μg3 x 10 μL
100 μg1 x 100 μg1 x 200 μg1 x 100 μL
3 x 100 μg3 x 100 μg3 x 200 μg3 x 100 μL
1 mg1 x 1 mg1 x 2 mg1 x 1 mL

1 Using the maximum amount of antibody may result in less labelling per antibody.

2 Ideal antibody concentration is 1mg/ml. 0.5 - 1 mg/ml can be used if the maximum antibody volume is not exceeded. Antibodies > 2 mg/ml or < 0.5 mg/ml should be diluted /concentrated.

Buffer Requirements for Conjugation

Buffer should be pH 6.5-8.5.

Compatible buffer constituents
If a concentration is shown, then the constituent should be no more than the concentration shown. If several constituents are close to the limit of acceptable concentration, then this can inhibit conjugation.

50mM / 0.6% Tris10.1% BSA250% glycerol
0.1% sodium azidePBSPotassium phosphate
Sodium chlorideHEPESSucrose
Sodium citrateEDTATrehalose

1 Tris buffered saline is almost always ≤ 50 mM / 0.6%
2 BSA can also interfere with the use of the conjugated antibody in tissue staining.

Incompatible buffer constituents

ThiomerosalProclinGlycine
ArginineGlutathioneDTT

If a constituent of the buffer containing your antibody or protein is not listed above, please contact us.

Only purified antibodies are suitable for use, ie. where other proteins, peptides, or amino acids are not present: antibodies in ascites fluid, serum or hybridoma culture media are incompatible.

Storing and handling conjugation kits

Lyophilized Lightning-Link® components are hygroscopic.

Kits are intentionally shipped at ambient temperature with silica gel to avoid exposure to moisture. Upon receipt, store the kit frozen and protect from moisture. Before opening the outer container, allow the lyophilized components to reach room temperature to minimize condensation.

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4 product images

  • Flow Cytometry - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286), expandable thumbnail
    Image from Dumigan, Amy, et al., MBio., 10(6): e02802-19; doi: 10.1128/mBio.02802-19. Reproduced under the Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Flow Cytometry - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286)

    Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link®.

    Dumigan, Amy, et al used Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286) as part of examining innate cell recruitment in K. pneumoniae-infected porcine EVLP model. They used the kit to conjugate Rhodamine to anti-pig granulocyte marker antibody, clone 6D10, for use in flow cytometry.
    Gating strategy and representative dot plots for flow cytometric analysis of neutrophil staining using anti-pig granulocyte marker clone 6D10 (B). Dot plots represent 0-h (baseline) and 4-h-postinfection or mock infection BAL samples and 4-h tissue samples.

  • Conjugation - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286), expandable thumbnail
    Image from Terrell-Hall et al., Oncotarget., 8(48):83734-83744; doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.19634. Reproduced under the Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Conjugation - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286)

    Terrell-Hall, Tori B., et al used Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link� (ab188286) as part of examining mechanism of trastuzumab movement. They used the kit to conjugate Rhodamine to trastuzumab for characterization in a novel microfluidic in-vitro.
    Linear central compartment accumulation of trastuzumab-Rhodamine123 (t-Rho123) in in-vitro blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-tumor barrier (BTB) microfluidic chip models. Representative image of model with TRITC labeled t-Rho123 flowing over HUVEC cells in the outer compartment and either astrocytes or JIMT-1 cancer cells in the central compartment (A). Rate of t-Rho123 movement in each model plotted against the unrestricted diffusion kin; ** p<0.0033 significance between BBB model and unrestricted diffusion kin, n=3; *** p<0.0005 significance between BTB model and unrestricted diffusion kin, n=3. All data represent mean � S.E.M. Each model is significantly different than 0 (p < 0.05) (B). Representative graphs of the rate of accumulation of t-Rho123 in the BBB (C) and BTB (D) microfluidic devices (n?3).

  • Fluorescence Microscopy - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286), expandable thumbnail
    Image from Usuki, Seigo, et al., Cells, 9(2):517; doi: 10.3390/cells9020517. Reproduced under the Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Fluorescence Microscopy - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286)

    Usuki, Seigo, et al used Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286) as part of examining the time course of NBD-ceramides (NBD-Cer) and Rhodamine-bovine serum albumin (Rhod-BSA) bound to PC12 cells. . They used the kit to conjugate Rhodamine to bovine serum albumin (BSA) for use in Dissociation Time Course for Cell Surface Binding.
    (A) Dissociation time course analysis of FI based on binding of 100 nM d NBD-Cer (FI = 5000) and 100 nM Rhod-BSA (FI = 5510), examined using Plexin A1 gene-silencing PC12 cells. (B) Images showing (1 to 4) changes in d4t,8t-NBD-Cer and (5 to 8) changes in Rhod-BSA at the indicated timepoints. The left graph shows a time course plot of FI (%) relative to 0 min. Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Scale bar = 100 μm. (C) Images showing (1 to 4) changes in d4t,8c-NBD-Cer and (5 to 8) changes in Rhod-BSA at the indicated timepoints. The left graph is a time course plot of FI (%) relative to 0 min. Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Scale bar = 100 μm.

  • Immunohistochemistry (PFA perfusion fixed frozen sections) - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286), expandable thumbnail
    Image from Wills, Jonathan, et al., PLoS One, 6(3): e17953; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017953. Reproduced under the Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Immunohistochemistry (PFA perfusion fixed frozen sections) - Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286)

    Wills, Jonathan, et al used Rhodamine Conjugation Kit (Fast) - Lightning-Link® (ab188286) as part of examining MC1 immunostaining in the striatum of A53T α-Syn mutant mice (A53T Tg) and wild-type mice (WT). They used the kit to conjugate Rhodamine to anti-MC1 antibody for use in immunohistochemistry (PFA perfusion fixed frozen sections).
    Sections of striatum of A53T Tg and age-matched WT mice were stained with anti-MC1 antibody to detect p-Tau conformation (red). Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Slides are shown at lowest magnification (upper panels) to highest magnification (lower panels). Asterisks indicate highlighted individual cells shown at higher magnification in lower panels. Scale Bar: 10 μm.

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