Inventors:
Olavi Siiman - Davie FL
Alexander Burshteyn - Hialeah FL
Ravindra Mylvaganam - Hollywood FL
Robert Raynor - Cooper City FL
Patricia Roth - Pembroke Pines FL
Cecilia Smith - Miami FL
Julie Wilkinson - Weston FL
Assignee:
Coulter International Corp. - Miami FL
International Classification:
G01N 3368
US Classification:
435 6, 435 722, 435 723, 435 724, 435 725, 435 72, 436172, 436512, 436513, 436529, 436800, 436805, 5303911, 5303913, 5303915
Abstract:
Ligand-aminodextran-(phycobiliprotein or tandem dye) conjugates useful for detection of a desired target biological material by providing an enhanced fluorescent signal are described. Also described is a method for a single-measurement quantification of multiple populations of cells based upon the labeling of different pairs of cell populations, each pair containing mutually exclusive cell receptors which are expressed at substantially similar receptor densities with labeled ligands for each receptor. One cell population is labeled with a ligand capable of binding to a first cell surface receptor which ligand is directly conjugated to a fluorescent phycobiliprotein or tandem dye; and a second cell population is labeled with a ligand capable of binding to a second cell surface receptor, which ligand is cross-linked to an aminodextran to a fluorescent phycobiliprotein or tandem dye.