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  Home > FAQ & Protocols > Immunoloabelling of LR White / Gold Sections

Immunolabelling of LR White / Gold Sections

  1. Prepare clean labeling surface by laying down a long piece of parafilm on a wet bench and pressing it down to make it adhere tightly.

  2. Quench unreacted aldehyde groups by placing grids on drops of 0.1M NH4Cl in PBS for 10 minutes @ RT.

  3. Block non-specific binding sites by transferring grids on drops of 1% fish skin gelatin in PBS, for 20 minutes @ RT.

  4. Prepare moist chamber using large Petri dish and pieces of filter paper soaked with water. Incubate grids on 10µl drops of primary antibody diluted in PBS/1% FSG for 30 min @ RT.

  5. Wash 4 x in PBS (5 minutes total).

  6. Label grids with secondary antibody (if necessary) for 30 minutes @ RT.

  7. Wash 4 x in PBS (5 minutes total).

  8. Label grids with Protein A Gold for 30 min @ RT.

  9. Wash 4 x in PBS (5 minutes total).

  10. Fix in 1% glutaraldehyde in PBS for 5 min.

  11. Wash grids 5 x with distilled water. Air dry.

  12. Stain grids with 2% uranyl acetate and lead citrate.

 
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