Electroporation as a tool to study in vivo spinal cord regeneration

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 418-425

  Echeverri, K ^a   Tanaka, E M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Regeneration; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; AMPUTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; ELECTROPORATION; EPENDYMA CELL; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE FUNCTION; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NERVE REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSFECTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0037311584     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10238     Document Type: Article

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