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by Anna Goddard
What does it mean?
A technique used to determine where a protein or antibody is located in tissues. It uses a reaction with an antibody that is labeled with a fluorescent dye and imaged using a microscope.
How do I use it in a sentence?
“I am using immunofluorescence to see the structure of actin proteins in the cell cytoskeleton.”
Immunofluorescence image of actin bundles in myoblasts cells, a precursor to muscle cells. Actin is labeled in yellow. Cell nuclei are blue.
