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Human Cervical Adenocarcinoma Cells (HeLa Line)

HeLa Cells

The Golgi apparatus was targeted in the culture of human cervical adenocarcinoma (HeLa) cells appearing in the digital image above by treating the cells with rabbit (anti-giantin) primary antibodies, followed by secondary antibodies conjugated to Alexa Fluor 568. DNA in the cell nucleus was counterstained with the red-absorbing dye TO-PRO-3 (pseudocolored cyan). Images were recorded with a 60x oil immersion objective using a zoom factor of 3.0 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 unless otherwise noted above.

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