Can anyone recommend a commercial kit for fluorescence staining of human mitochondrial DNA?

03 March 2018 1 5K Report

Hello everyone,

I would like to detect human mitochondrial DNA in a xenograft model by fluorescence staining. Can anyone recommend a commercial kit, please? Thanks in advance :-)

Olivier Baris

Hi,

You can use anti-DNA antibodies, like in this publication:

Organization and dynamics of human mitochondrial DNA

Frédéric Legroset al., Journal of Cell Science 2004 117: 2653-2662; doi: 10.1242/jcs.01134

Or for live cells, use PicoGreen:

Detection of mitochondrial DNA depletion in living human cells using PicoGreen staining.

Ashley N et al., Exp Cell Res. 2005 Feb 15;303(2):432-46. Epub 2004 Nov 13.

All the best,

Olivier

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