Direct comparison of common fixation methods for preservation of microtubules in zebrafish embryos

BioTechniques

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 468-472

  McMenamin, Sarah ^a,b   Reinsch, Sigrid ^a   Conway, Gregory ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHORION; EMBRYO; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037335026     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/03343bm03     Document Type: Article

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