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Mongolian Gerbil Lung Fibroblast Cells (GeLu Line)

GeLu Cells

The microtubule network and cell nuclei are revealed in this confocal image of gerbil lung fibroblasts stained with Alexa Fluor 555 (tubulin) and TO-PRO-3 (DNA). The cells were fixed with 3.7 percent paraformaldehyde, permeabilized with Triton X-100, blocked with 10 percent normal goat serum and treated with mouse anti-alpha-tubulin primary antibodies. Goat anti-mouse secondary antibodies conjugated to Alexa Fluor 555 were mixed with the nucleic acid stain. Images were recorded with a 60x oil immersion objective using a zoom factor of 2.0 and sequential scanning with 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, with the exception of TO-PRO-3, which was pseudocolored cyan.

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