Definitions for "Immunofluorescence"
Any chemical method that uses an antibody labeled with a fluorescent dye. Test is called DIRECT if a specific antibody or anti-serum is conjugated with a fluorochrome and used as a specific fluorescent stain. Test is called INDIRECT if the fluorochrome is attached to an anti-globulin and a tissue constituent is stained using an unlabeled specific antibody and the labeled anti-globulin, which binds the unlabeled antibody.
Technique in which one or other component of an immunological reaction is made fluorescent by coupling with a fluorochrome so that the occurrence of the reaction can be detected as fluorescing complexes.
(immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue