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Special Topic: Advanced Basics of Immunostaining and Antigen Retrieval

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

W. Gray (Jay) Jerome
W. Gray (Jay) Jerome*
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
*
jay.jerome@vanderbilt.edu

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The ability to immunologically link microscopic tags to specific proteins has produced major advances in all forms of microscopy. Initially researchers needed to make and label their own antibodies. This required a good working knowledge of immunology. Today's labeled antibodies are readily available from a variety of vendors. Although this has greatly facilitated the expansion of immunolabeling techniques, it has also led to their use by researchers with little or no background in immunology.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , August 2003 , pp. 26 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2003

References

Some Useful References

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