Polysaccharides as labels for antibodies in electron microscopySP Kent and DV Wilson
Two polysaccharides, dextran 250 and dextran 70, were covalently linked to antibody molecules, antihuman immunoglobulin G and antihuman type O red blood cells. In electron microscope preparations exposed to lead citrate, polysaccharides, because they chelate lead, were quite dense. Polysaccharides served as a tag for the antibody molecules. Also, bacterial dextran 1355 was used to demonstrate antibody molecules on the surface of ascites tumor cells which are known to be producing a specific antibody to bacterial dextran 1355. The varying sized polysaccharide molecules that are readily available commercially, the high electron density of the polysaccharides after lead staining and a mild procedure for covalently linking polysaccharide to antibody make polysaccharides attractive as particulate labels for antibody in electronmicroscopy.
Volume 23,
Issue 3,
pp. 169-173,
03/01/1975
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J. E. Gretz, C. C. Norbury, A. O. Anderson, A. E.I. Proudfoot, and S. Shaw Lymph-borne Chemokines and Other Low Molecular Weight Molecules Reach High Endothelial Venules via Specialized Conduits While a Functional Barrier Limits Access to the Lymphocyte Microenvironments in Lymph Node Cortex J. Exp. Med., November 13, 2000; 192(10): 1425 - 1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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