Confocal Microscopy

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What is confocal microscopy?

A type of fluorescence microscopy that uses antibodies labelled with fluorescent tags for clear, detailed imaging of cell ultrastructure.

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What is special about the antibodies in confocal microscopy?

They are specific for their targets, allowing visualization of precise proteins and structures inside cells.

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What can confocal microscopy generate?

3D images of cells using tagged fluorescent markers.

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Example of confocal microscopy in biology?

E. coli tagged with BODIPY-labelled antibodies or C. elegans embryos imaged in red (membrane), green (microtubules), and blue (chromosomes).