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Human Bone Osteosarcoma Cells (U-2 OS Line)

U-2 OS Cells

The culture of U-2 OS cells presented in the digital image above was labeled with MitoTracker Red CMXRos and BODIPY FL conjugated to phallacidin, targeting the mitochondrial network and filamentous actin, respectively. The culture was counterstained for DNA in the cell nucleus with TO-PRO-3. Images were recorded with a 60x oil immersion objective using a zoom factor of 1.5 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.

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