proportionality

Thomas Delohery (t-delohery@ski.mskcc.org)
Thu, 17 Oct 1996 18:23:17 +0530

Round 2:

Jim Weaver wrote:

> Under most circumstances the assumption of linearity will be
>reasonable, however we need to be aware of the occasional
>circumstances where the assumption will not be correct.

Since immunofluorescence intensity is generally proportional to Ag density
if one carefully controls the staining conditions - what is the
proportionality?
Unless otherwise stated, proportional implies a direct or linear relationship.
This would hold for MAbs directly labeled with a single fluorochrome (FITC),
but what about phycobiliproteins? Or streptavidin conjugates? For a MAb
conjugated to PE wouldn't the relationship of fluorescence to Ag density be
geometric?

td

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