Includes bibliographical references and index.

General aspects of nonradioactive labeling and detection -- Standard nonradioactive labeling and detection systems -- Overview of nonradioactive labeling systems -- Digoxigenin: anti-digoxigenin (DIG) system -- Biotin system -- In vivo labeling of DNA probes with 5-BrdU -- Sulfone system -- Colloidal gold as a marker in molecular biology: the use of ultra-small gold probes -- Direct peroxidase labeling of hybridization probes and chemiluminescence detection -- Highly sensitive method for detecting peroxidase in in situ hybridization or immunohistochemical assays -- SNAP system -- Specialized nonradioactive detection systems -- Overview of colorimetric, chemiluminometric, and fluorimetric detection systems -- Colorimetric systems -- Luminescence systems -- Fluorescence systems -- Enhanced systems -- Overview of amplification systems -- Enhanced signal generation by target amplification -- Signal amplification system: substrate cascade -- Application formats -- Overview of application formats -- Blot formats: nucleic acids -- Blot formats: proteins and glycoproteins. In situ formats -- Quantitative formats -- Suppliers of reagents -- Suppliers of equipment.