Alexa Fluor Plus 405 Phalloidin is a high-affinity F-actin probe Needles, coupled to our bright, photostable purple fluorescent Alexa Fluor 405 dye.

•Selective staining of F-actin
•Excellent fluorescence properties
•Excitation/emission wavelength: 405/450 nm. Compatible with standard DAPI filter sets or 405/violet excitation lasers.
•Excellent antibody staining results
• Best used for fixed and permeabilized samples

Excellent actin staining research results
Phantom Pen Cyclotide is a bicyclic peptide that belongs to a class of toxins isolated from the deadly Amanita "death cap" mushroom and is often used to selectively label F-actin in imaging applications. Compared with antibodies, fluorescently labeled phalloidin has several advantages in labeling actin, including: its binding properties to animal and plant actin from different species are almost the same, and the non-specific binding ratio is low. Phalloidin binds F-actin with high selectivity, while Alexa Fluor Plus 405 provides ultra-bright and photostable purple fluorescence.

Can be used in a variety of applications
Alexa Fluor Plus 405 Phalloidin can be used to visualize and quantify F-actin activity in tissue sections, cell cultures, or dissociated preparations protein. The staining is fully compatible with other fluorescent stains used in cell analysis procedures, including fluorescent proteins, Qdot nanocrystals, and other Alexa Fluor conjugates (including secondary antibodies).