AAT Bioquest Hoechst 34580

The Hoechst stains are a family of fluorescent stains for labeling DNA in fluorescence microscopy. The Hoechst stains may be used on live or fixed cells, and are often used as a substitute for another nucleic acid stain, DAPI. Hoechst 34580 can be excited by violet laser at 405 nm, and emit blue/cyan fluorescence light around an emission maximum at ~440 nm. It is cell-permeable and provide an excellent tool for flow cytometers equiped with a 405 nm violet laser source.

Hoechst 34580 *CAS 911004-45-0* is manufactured by AAT Bioquest