Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry
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...termed fluorescence activated cell sorting or FACS (2). By analyzing single cells instead of the population...expression.
A routine flow cytometry experiment uses 2 or 3 different fluorescent colors each measuring a...distinct populations on a FSC versus SSC plot (Figure 2).
A user can then “gate” around the specific population...cell and T cell into distinct populations (Figure 2). An immunologist who studies B cells, might then ... B cells, plasma cells or others.
Figure 2: Due to differences in their size and complexity, ...raised in the same host species, of the same Ig subclass, and conjugated to the same fluorochrome as your...