Fig. 1.
Equatorial sections of normal and Rhnullerythrocytes labeled for CD47 with phycoerythrin-tagged monoclonal antibody BRIC126 (PhE-BRIC126).
Spots on the membrane of these osmotically sphered cells are the result of both the size and the intensity of the antibody probe and the production of clusters of cross-linked CD47. Rhnull cells labeled with the same concentration of probe clearly exhibit a lower overall fluorescence intensity as well as a decrease in the number of clusters on the cell. The bar in each image represents 2 μm.