Key Terms

bright-field light microscopy 141

cell line 132

cell strain 131

chimeric proteins 130

clone 129

confocal microscopy 147

cryoelectron microscopy 160

culturing 129

deconvolution microscopy 147

differential centrifugation 162

differential-interference-contrast (DIC) microscopy 141

equilibrium density-gradient centrifugation 162

fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) 132

fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) 151

fluorescent staining 143

Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) 152

hybridoma 135

immunofluorescence microscopy 130

indirect immunofluorescence microscopy 145

metal shadowing 158

monoclonal antibody 135

phase-contrast microscopy 141

photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) 155

polyclonal antibody 144

resolution 141

scanning electron microscope (SEM) 157

total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy 150

transmission electron microscope (TEM) 157