TABLE 1.

Fluorescent and fluor-conjugated probes used in this study

Probe-fluor conjugatea	Supplier	Excitation/emission (nm)	Target
Syto9	Molecular Probes	488/522	Nucleic acids
SyproOrange	Molecular Probes	470/570	Protein
Nile Red	Molecular Probes	552/636	Lipids, hydrophobic sites
Arachis hypogaea-CY5	Sigma	650/670	β-Gal(1-3)galNAc
Canavalia ensiformis-TRITC	Sigma	554/576	α-d-Mannose
			α-d-Glucose
Wisteria floribunda-FITC	Sigma	494/520	N-Acetyl-d-galactosamine
Tetragonolobus purpureas-TRITC	Sigma	554/576	α-l-Fucose
Tetragonolobus purpureas-CY5	Sigma	650/670	α-l-Fucose
Ulex europaeus-FITC	Sigma	494/520	α-l-Fucose
Ulex europaeus-CY5	Sigma	650/670	α-l-Fucose
Ulex europaeus-Colloidal Gold	Sigma	Opaque	α-l-Fucose
Datura stramonium-CY5	Sigma	650/670	N-Acetylglucosamine
			N-Acetyllactosamine
Sambucus nigra-CY5	Sigma	650/670	α-NeuNAc(2-6)gal/galNAc

^aConjugated dye abbreviations: FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; TRITC, tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate; CY5, pentamethincyanine.