Publisher Summary This chapter describes colloidal gold probes in immunocytochemistry.
The interest in colloidal gold as an immunocytochemical marker has grown. Firstly, it has …

Since 1971, when WP Faulk and GM Taylor published “An immunocolloid method for the
electron microscope”, colloidal gold has become a very widely used marker in microscopy. It …

This review summarizes the data on the application of colloidal gold preparations in solid-
phase assays. The possibilities to analyze soluble and particle antigens adsorbed on solid …

A novel efficient method for purifying and testing colloidal gold probes has been developed.
The method consists of concentrating colloidal gold particles conjugated to IgG or protein A …

A new method is reported for the preparation of colloidal gold particles with diameters
ranging between 5 and 12 nm. The initial gold particle population, with an average diameter …

In the present article we review several postembedding cytochemical techniques using the
colloidal gold marker. Owing to the high atomic number of gold, the colloidal gold particles …

Gold sols are orange to violet, display electron dense properties and are capable of strong
emission of secondary electrons. These properties enable gold particles to be used as …

Colloidal gold can be used as an electron‐dense cytochemical probe for direct or indirect
labelling techniques. Gold markers can be prepared in a size range of 5–150 nm, and show …

In this review, we discuss the immunocytochemical literature with respect to a comparison
between conventional colloidal gold and gold cluster compounds as immunoprobes. The …

Colloidal gold may be conjugated to a wide variety of macromolecules, provides a versatile
system for immunocytochemical studies by various types of microscopy (light and …