Table 2. Fluorochrome, horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and biotin conjugated secondary antibodies, biotinyl-tyramide, fluorochrome-tyramide and fluorochrome- or HRP-streptavidin conjugates.

Type (source#)* Conjugate (catalog#) Dilution Diluent Fluorescent filter

Fluorochrome-conjugated
secondary antibodies (1)
FITC-anti-rabbit IgG (711-096-152) 1:100 BSA diluent** Green
Cy3-anti-rabbit IgG (711-166-152) 1:1000 BSA diluent** Red
FITC-anti-mouse IgG (715-096-151) 1:100 BSA diluent** Green
Cy3-anti-mouse IgG (715-166-151) 1:1000 BSA diluent** Red

HRP-conjugated
secondary antibodies (1)
HRP-anti-rabbit IgG (711-096-152) 1:1000 BSA diluent** -
HRP-anti-mouse IgG (715-166-151) 1:1000 BSA diluent** -

Biotin-conjugated
secondary antibodies (2)
Biotin-anti-rabbit IgG (PK-6101) 1:500 BSA diluent** -
Biotin-anti-mouse IgG (PK-6102) 1:500 BSA diluent** -

Biotinyl-tyramide (3) Biotinyl-tyramide 1:100 Amplification diluent*** -

Fluorochrome-tyramide
conjugates (3)
FITC-tyramide 1:2000 Amplification diluent*** Green
Rhodamine-tyramide 1:5000 Amplification diluent*** Red
Coumarin-tyramide 1:2000 Amplification diluent*** UV

Fluorochrome-streptavidin
conjugates (3)
Streptavidin-FITC 1:1000 BSA diluent** Green
Streptavidin-texas red 1:2000 BSA diluent** Red
Streptavidin-coumarin 1:1000 BSA diluent** UV

Streptavidin-HRP (3) Streptavidin-HRP 1:2000 BSA diluent** -

*Sources: (1) Jackson ImmunoResearch, West Grove, PA; (2) Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA; (3) DuPont NEN amplification kit, Wilmington, DE, catalog# NEL700
**BSA diluent: 1% bovine serum albumin, 0.6 v/v% Triton X-100 in 1x PBS, pH 7.4
***Amplification diluent: Diluted 1:1 with distilled water, from the 2x stock in the DuPont NEN kit

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