The Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein can be used as a reporter in live zebrafish embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 123-129

  Amsterdam, Adam ^a   Lin, Shuo ^a   Hopkins, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0028886239     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1995.1265     Document Type: Article

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