High resolution ultrasound-guided microinjection for interventional studies of early embryonic and placental development in vivo in mice

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Slevin, John C ^a,b   Byers, Lois ^a   Gertsenstein, Marina ^a   Qu, Dawei ^a   Mu, Junwu ^a   Sunn, Nana ^a   Kingdom, John C P ^a,b   Rossant, Janet ^a,b   Adamson, S Lee ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GASTRULATION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TROPHOBLAST; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS; AMNION; ANIMAL; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA;

AMNION; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33645072009     PISSN: 1471213X     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-6-10     Document Type: Article

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