Confocal Microscopy Image Gallery

Human Cervical Adenocarcinoma Cells (HeLa Line)

HeLa Cells

An adherent monolayer culture of human cervical adenocarcinoma cells was fixed, permeabilized, blocked, and then treated with mouse primary antibodies that target alpha-tubulin, a major component of the microtubule network. The primaries were labeled with goat anti-mouse secondary antibodies conjugated to Alexa Fluor 488 in a solution containing TO-PRO-3 to simultaneously stain DNA. Images were recorded with a 60x oil immersion objective using a zoom factor of 1.0 and sequential scanning with the 488-nanometer spectral line of an argon-ion 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 larger version of this digital image.