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Indian Muntjac Deer Skin Fibroblast Cells

Indian Muntjac Deer Skin Fibroblast Cells

The Indian Muntjac deer skin fibroblast cells presented in the digital image above were 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 (pseudocolored blue). 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 on a FluoView FV1000 with a 60x oil immersion objective using a zoom factor of 2.0 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, Alexa Fluor image channels were pseudocolored with RGB values corresponding to each of the fluorophore emission spectral profiles.

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