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NOVEL FLUOROPHORE FOR FLOW CYTOMETRY

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 11134
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
4526 11th Ave Ne
Seattle, WA 98105
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
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Abstract

THIS RESEARCH WILL PREPARE AND DEVELOP A NOVEL FLUOROPHORE FOR APPLICATION TO FLOW CYTOMETRY. THIS NEW FLUOROPHORE, CALLED ULTRALITE 680, IS BASED ON ALUMINUM PHTHALOCYANINE. ULTRALITE 680 MAY BE EXCITED WITH EITHER ULTRAVIOLET OR RED SOURCES, SUCH AS INEXPENSIVE HELIUM NEON OR DIODE LASERS, AND EMITS IN THE RED WITH A QUANTUM YIELD OF 0.6 AT GREATER THAN 680 NM. ULTRALITE 680 MAY BE COVALENTLY ATTACHED TO PROTEINS FOR USE AS EITHER AN INDIRECT OR DIRECT IMMUNOPHENOTYPING REAGENT. WITH THE USE OF BIOTINYLATED ANTIBODIES AND ULTRALITE 680 COVALENTLY ATTACHED TO STREPTAVIDIN, A LYMPHOCYTE SUBSET ANALYSIS HAS BEEN PERFORMED.

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