SPY650-FastAct_X is a bright, far red, fluorogenic & non toxic F-actin probe based on our SPY™ dyes series. Its optimized actin ligand was engineered to avoid F-actin stabilization and fast exchange1). This unique feature renders SPY650-FastAct_X non-toxic and minimally perturbing cellular actin processes. It is able to label highy dynamic actin, just like LifeAct™** but the probe does not require any genetic manipulation, transfection or overexpression of fluorescent proteins. SPY650-FastAct_X is based on our bright, photostable & far red SPY650 fluorophore which is far superior than fluorescent proteins and highly STED comaptible.
SPY650-FastAct_X enables multicolor imaging with SPY505, SPY555, SPY595, SPY700, GFP or m-cherry. SPY650-FastAct_X can be imaged with standard Cy5 filterset. It can be used for widefield, confocal, SIM or STED imaging of living cells and tissue. Probe quantity allows 100 staining experiments.*