Calcium Assays
What it does best:
What it can’t do:
Examples of uses:
General hints and tips:
Dyes: Cameleon [FRET], Fluo-3, Fura-2
Websites/Reference Papers:
The Molecular Probes website in chapter 19, section 19.3 discusses how to measure Calcium ions using the ratio of two dyes.
Ratiometric confocal Ca(2+)-measurements with visible wavelength indicators in isolated cardiac myocytes. Lipp P, Niggli E, Cell Calcium 1993; (14):5 359-372.
