A flow cytometry-based cellular binding assay is described that is primarily used as a screening tool to identify compounds that inhibit the binding of a fluorescently labeled CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) to the CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4).
Schoofs, G., Van Hout, A., D'huys, T., Schols, D., Van Loy, T. A Flow Cytometry-based Assay to Identify Compounds That Disrupt Binding of Fluorescently-labeled CXC Chemokine Ligand 12 to CXC Chemokine Receptor 4. J. Vis. Exp. (133), e57271, doi:10.3791/57271 (2018).