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By defimtion, nnmunocytochemistry IS a biomolecular technique that mvolves the use of a specific antibody-antigen reaction to identify cellular constituents in situ The techmque requires that the antibody be tagged with a label to facilitate its visualization Immunocytochemistry is a powerful tool for demonstrating not only the presence of an antigen (cellular constituent) but also its location within a cell, tissue, or organism

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Javois, L.C. (1998). lmmunocytochemistry. In: Rapley, R., Walker, J.M. (eds) Molecular Biomethods Handbook. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-642-3_48

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