Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology
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TUNEL method uses TdT to add BrdU to fixed and permeabilized cells which can only incorporated into fragmented DNA of apoptotic cells.
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BrdU is incorporated into the newly synthesized DNA, and is then detected with fluorescently labeled anti-BrdU antibodies
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Caspases western blotting assay is also used to detect apoptosis
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If all antibodies have the same affinity, then a Scatchard plot yields a straight line with a slope of Ka. The x intercept is n, the valency of the antibody, which is 2 for IgG and other divalent Igs. For IgM, which is pentameric, n 10, and for dimeric IgA, n 4. In this graph, antibody #1 has a higher affinity than antibody #2. .