Dear Laurel,

Which monoclonal antibodies you order will depend on several factors such as for example: (i) on your available budget - recombinant ones will probably be much more expensive than those derived by hybridoma technology, (ii) on the amount of antigen needed to immunize animals, if you decide to go that way. Besides, MoAb are usually used as primary antibodies, because they are very specific against epitopes. In contrast, conjugates (secondary antibodies) are usually polyclonal antibodies, which are labeled with different fluorochromes. So you need to check which secondary antibodies work well in your test system. Of course you may also order fluorescently labelled primary antibodies but here we come back to price. There are many companies that produce antibodies, so you should have no problem with this.

Regards