Does anyone have a good supplier and catalog number for ATRA (all-trans retinoic acid) to differentiate human iTregs?

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ATRA is often cited in papers, but I'm not sure which format to buy as there are a lot of different ones listed in Sigma.

Sakshi Malik

Hey Glison, you can try RA of catalogue no. R2625. It will be in powder form. and reconstitute as prescribed.It works well in our assays.

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