Fluorescent Polarization tag to avoid background fluorescence - Ask Science Questions most recent 30 from http://asksci.com 2010-07-29T19:13:28Z http://asksci.com/feeds/question/132 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://asksci.com/questions/132/fluorescent-polarization-tag-to-avoid-background-fluorescence Fluorescent Polarization tag to avoid background fluorescence drummo2a 2010-01-22T16:00:00Z 2010-07-24T03:22:36Z <p>I am trying to use fluorescence polarization to measure the size of complexes in serum and/or plasma. Does anyone know of a good fluor to use that will get around the problem of serum autofluorescence?</p> http://asksci.com/questions/132/fluorescent-polarization-tag-to-avoid-background-fluorescence/134#134 Answer by glucose for Fluorescent Polarization tag to avoid background fluorescence glucose 2010-01-22T19:30:43Z 2010-01-22T19:30:43Z <p>First, can you measure the excitation and emission spectra for the serum you are interested in?</p> <p>Second, I assume you want to compare the serum spectra to the spectra of known probes, which can be found here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.invitrogen.com/site/us/en/home/support/Research-Tools/Fluorescence-SpectraViewer.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.invitrogen.com/site/us/en/home/support/Research-Tools/Fluorescence-SpectraViewer.html</a></p>