The isolated 3T3 cell presented in the digital image above was resident in an adherent culture stained for F-actin with Alexa Fluor 546 conjugated to phalloidin, and for DNA with the red-absorbing dye TO-PRO-3. In addition, the culture was immunofluorescently labeled with Alexa Fluor 488 conjugated to antibodies that target alpha-tubulin, a major component of the microtubule network. Images were recorded with a 60x oil immersion objective using a zoom factor of 2.5 and sequential scanning with the 488-nanometer spectral line of an argon-ion laser, the 543-nanometer line from a green helium-neon laser, and the 633-nanometer line of a red helium-neon laser. During the processing stage, individual image channels were pseudocolored with RGB values corresponding to each of the fluorophore emission spectral profiles. View a smaller version of this digital image. |
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