immunogold electron microscopy

[¦im·yə·nə‚gold i‚lek‚trän mī′kräs·kə·pē]

(cell molecular)

A technique in which cellular components are visualized with an electron microscope by using gold particles as antibody/protein labels.

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Infected and uninfected MDCK cells were embedded for standard electron microscopy or immunogold electron microscopy in a mixture of Epon-substitute and Araldite or in LR White resin (Ted Pella, Inc., Redding, CA, USA), respectively, as described (6).

Immunogold electron microscopy labeling that used an anti-matrix protein goat antibody detected matrix (M) proteins on the dense tubular structures (Figure 1, panel E) as well as on virions (C.

Ultrastructural characterization of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus

Report of a case proved by preembedding immunogold electron microscopy. Arch Dermatol 1995;131:580-5.