Strategies to perturb zebrafish development

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 59, 1999, Pages 87-115

  Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^a   Blader, Patrick ^b   Strähle, Uwe ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ANIMAL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0032608359     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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