Confocal fluorescence microscopy of the cytoskeleton of amphibian oocytes and embryos

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2002, Issue 70, 2002, Pages 379-416

  Gard, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR PROBE; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR PROBES; OOCYTES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0037795691     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(02)70011-3     Document Type: Review

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