Cell Preparation and Multicolor FISH in 3D Preserved Cultured Mammalian Cells
- Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Department of Biology II, AG Thomas Cremer (Chair of Anthropology and Human Genetics), 82152 Martinsried-Planegg, Germany
- ↵1Corresponding author (Marion.Cremer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
INTRODUCTION
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on three-dimensional preserved nuclei (3D-FISH) in combination with three-dimensional-microscopy and image reconstruction is an efficient tool to analyze the arrangement of distinct nuclear targets such as entire chromosome territories, chromosomal subregions, or single gene loci on a single-cell level. This protocol focuses on fixation, pretreatments, and 3D-FISH on cultured mammalian cells. It can be applied to a variety of cell types growing adherently or in suspension.
