The use of fluorescent marker dyes for studying intercellular communication in nematode embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 431-439

  Bossinger, Olaf ^a   Schierenberg, Einhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Gut; Micromanipulation; Pattern formation; Soma germline

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; TRYPAN BLUE; YOLK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LABELING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; INTESTINE CELL; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; NEMATODA; OOCYTES;

EID: 0029881070     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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