autoradiography


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au·to·ra·di·o·graph

 (ô′tō-rā′dē-ō-grăf′)
n.
An image recorded on a photographic film or plate produced by the radiation emitted from a specimen, such as a section of tissue, that has been treated or injected with a radioactively labeled isotope or that has absorbed or ingested such an isotope. Also called autoradiogram.

au′to·ra′di·o·graph′ic adj.
au′to·ra′di·og′ra·phy (-ŏg′rə-fē) n.
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Noun1.autoradiography - producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed
radiography, skiagraphy - the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light
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The protein signal was amplified and visualized via chemiluminescence using the ECL Western blotting detection system and Hyperfilm ECL autoradiography film (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Inc., USA).
The reactivity was developed by enhanced chemiluminescent autoradiography (ECL kit, Amersham, UK).
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