Preparation of Colloidal Gold Particles and Conjugation to Protein A/G/L, IgG, F(ab')2, and Streptavidin

Sadaki Yokota1

  • 1Section of Functional Morphology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Hius Ten Bosch 2825-7, Sasebo, Nagasaki, 859-3298, Japan. syokota123@gmail.com.

Colloidal gold probes, including protein A/G/L, IgG, F(ab')2, and streptavidin labeled with gold particles, are useful tools to localize antigens in cells and tissues by immunoelectron microscopy (IEM). This chapter describes different methods for the preparation of colloidal gold and conjugation of colloidal gold to protein A/G/L, IgG, and streptavidin.