Antibodies are powerful research tools used in a variety of laboratory techniques. Here, we will provide a brief overview of the most popular laboratory techniques, focusing on how they use antibodies.
Most formalin-fixed tissues require an antigen retrieval step before immunohistochemical staining. Methylene bridges formed during fixation cross-link proteins and mask antigenic sites. Antigen retrieval methods break these methylene bridges and expose antigenic sites, allowing antibodies to ...
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is a technique that uses the principle of specific binding between antigens and antibodies to locate, characterize and quantify antigens (peptides and proteins) within tissue cells by chemically reacting the marker antibody's color developer (fluorescein, enzyme, metal ...
