Anti-mCherry Antibody
Our Anti-mCherry chicken polyclonal primary antibody detects mCherry, and is concentrated purified IgY. It is validated for use in ICC, WB.
A: Western blot analysis of HEK293 cells transfected with pFin-EF1-mCherry vector. C-1655-100 (1:2,000 dilution) reveals a strong protein band in transfected cells (Lane 1). Non-transfected control cells (Lane 2) show no mCherry protein band.
B: Immunofluorescence analysis of mCherry-transfected HEK293 cells with C-1655-100. Specificity of C-1655-100 for mCherry is shown by superimposing mCherry fluorescence (red) with C-1655-100 antibody staining (green), which results in a yellow color. mCherry staining is also seen in the nucleus, which might be due to degradation of mCherry molecules, causing the release of the low molecular weight mCherry fluorochrome.
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B: Immunofluorescence analysis of mCherry-transfected HEK293 cells with C-1655-100. Specificity of C-1655-100 for mCherry is shown by superimposing mCherry fluorescence (red) with C-1655-100 antibody staining (green), which results in a yellow color. mCherry staining is also seen in the nucleus, which might be due to degradation of mCherry molecules, causing the release of the low molecular weight mCherry fluorochrome.
SKU: C-1655-100
Product Details
mCherry
mCherry is an engineered derivative of one of a family of proteins originally isolated from Cnidarians (jelly fish, sea anemones and corals). The mCherry protein was derived from DsRed, a red fluorescent protein from so-called disc corals of the genus Discosoma. DsRed is a 223 amino acid ~28 kDa protein similar in size and properties to GFP, but, obviously, produces a red rather than a green fluorochrome. The original DsRed was engineered extensively in the Tsien lab to prevent it from forming tetramers and dimers and to modify and improve the spectral properties (1-3). The resulting monomeric protein is useful for applications such as Foerster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET, also known as Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer). Several further cycles of mutation, directed modification and evolutionary selection produced mCherry, which is monomeric and has an excitation maximum at 587 nm and and emission maximum at 610 nm (4).
Concentrated purified IgY
Polyclonal
IgY
ICC, WB
Chicken
28-30 kDa
Recombinant full length mCherry.
Species Independent
Spin vial briefly before opening. Reconstitute with 100 µL sterile-filtered, ultrapure water. Centrifuge to remove any insoluble material. Store lyophilized, unopened vial at 2-8°C or lower. After reconstitution, prepare aliquots and store at -20°C to -80°C for a higher stability. Avoid freeze-thaw cycles.
Lyophilized
Lyophilized IgY preparation, with sodium azide.
WB: 1:1000-1:5000
ICC: 1:500-1:1000
ICC: 1:500-1:1000
Unconjugated
The antibody reacts with a band at ~28-30 kDa corresponding to intact full-length mCherry by Western blot on HEK293 cells transfected with mCherry vector. It has also been used successfully for immunocytochemistry.
For research use only.
United States
12 months after date of receipt (unopened vial).
25°C (ambient)

