Immunofluorescence

Immunofluorescence is the labeling of antibodies or antigens with fluorescent dyes. This technique is sometimes used to make viral plaques more readily visible to the human eye. Immunofluorescently labelled tissue sections are studied using a fluorescence microscope or by confocal microscopy.

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See also: Immunofluorescence, Antibody, Biochemistry, Confocal microscopy, Dye, Fluorescence, Viral plaque