Optimized β-galactosidase staining method for simultaneous detection of endogenous gene expression in early mouse embryos

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Kishigami, Satoshi ^a,c   Komatsu, Yoshihiro ^a   Takeda, Haruko ^a,d   Nomura Kitabayashi, Aya ^a   Yamauchi, Yasutaka ^b   Abe, Kuniya ^b,e   Yamamura, Ken Ichi ^b   Mishina, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beta galactosidase; In situ hybridization; S gal; X gal

Indexed keywords

5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOLYL BETA DEXTRO GALACTOSIDE; 6 CHLORO 3 INDOXYL BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GALACTOSE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRANOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STAINING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645214464     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20186     Document Type: Article

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