Overview

Immunogold silver staining is one of the most sensitive techniques available for visualizing the location of antibodies and nucleotide probes that have been bounded to specific antigens or to nucleotide sequences. As gold and silver staining continues to advance research in molecular morphology, this book presents the information you need to know about the various staining methods, their useful applications, and the advantages and drawbacks of each process. Gold and Silver Staining: Techniques in Molecular Morphology provides a timely description of approaches, methods, protocols, and applications. The contributors cover the latest developments and a wide range of applications from highly sensitive detection of antigens to single copy detection of DNA and RNA. Some of the authors are ""living legends"" in the field and bring their expertise and experience to this fine collaboration. Written in one consistent style, each chapter includes a concise, but comprehensive introduction, step-by-step protocols with technical hints, and a discussion of results and critical steps. What differentiates this book from all others like it, is the status of the editors, who have worked on this technique from its inception and have produced innumerable publications on the topic. The other distinguishing feature is that all of the contributors are amongst the absolute foremost leaders from the United States and Europe. Gold and Silver Staining: Techniques in Molecular Morphology presents a complete overview and detailed descriptions of this technique that allows the visualization of molecules that have never been localized before and with hitherto unknown sensitivity. Not only does this book provide an excellent review of this field, but it also serves as a lab manual for those who want to carry out this technique in their laboratory and clinical work. Armed with this information, advances in this powerful field of research will ensue.

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Author:   Gerhard W. Hacker (SALK - Salzburger Landeskliniken, Salzburg, Austria) ,  Jiang Gu (Peking University, Beijing, China) ,  Gerhard W. Hacker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780849313929

ISBN 10:   0849313929
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   17 April 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Silver Stains for the Identification of Neuroendocrine Cell Types. Autometallographic Tracing of Gold, Silver, Bismuth, Mercury, and Zinc. Silver- and Gold-Based Autometallography of Nanogold. Immunogold-Silver Staining for Light Microscopy Using Colloidal or Clustered Gold (Nanogold). The Protein A-Gold-Silver Staining Method. Microscopic Uses of Nanogold. Combined Fluorescent and Gold Probes for Microscopic and Morphological Investigations. Detection of Human Papillomavirus by In Situ Hybridization Using an In Situ PCR Thermal Cycler. Super Sensitive In Situ Hybridization by Tyramide Signal Amplification and Nanogold Silver Staining. Immunogold Labeling Techniques for Transmission Electron Microscopy. Pre-Embedding Immunoelectron Microscopy with Nanogold Immunolabeling, Silver Enhancement, and its Stabilization by Gold. Gold-Cluster Immunoprobes. Highly Sensitive Ultrastructural Immunogold Detection Using Tyramide and Gold Enhancement. In Situ Hybridization at the Electron Microscopic Level. Immunogold-Silver Staining for Scanning Electron Microscopy in Cancer Research. Immunogold-Silver Scanning Electron Microscopy Using Glycerol Liquid Substitution.

Reviews

The book is a timely presentation of all the latest techniques in gold and silver staining. I would recommend the book to all pathologists, microscopists, and especially molecular morphologists. - Shashi Singh, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, in Microscopy and Analysis Promo Copy

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