Table 1

Excitation and emission wavelengths (in nm) used.


excitation maximum
laser line used
emission maximum
emission collected

SYTOX blue
444
458
480
475 to 500
SYTOX green
504
488
523
510 to 560
SYTOX orange
547
568
570
580 to 610
GFP
457
488
504
510 to 545
Propidium iodide
536
488
617
610 to 650
Fluorescein diacetate
494
488
518
505 to 525

The first and third columns show excitation and emission maxima of the fluorescent dyes and proteins used (as indicated by the suppliers). The second and fourth columns show the excitation and emission wavelengths used in our experiments.

Truernit and Haseloff Plant Methods 2008 4:15   doi:10.1186/1746-4811-4-15