Digoxigenin Labelled Probes
Digoxigenin is another chemical derived from plants and used for non-radioactive labelling of probes. An antibody associated with an enzyme (anti-digoxigenin-alkaline-phosphatase conjugate) is used for the detection of the presence of digoxigenin.
The probe may be labelled with digoxigenin-ll-dUTP supplied with a digoxigenin kit (these kits are available from any commercial firm, e.g. Boehringer Mannheim). The labelled and denatured probe may be used for hybridization with denatured DNA on Southern blots or for in-situ hybridization.


