Preparation of cultured myofibers from larval salamander limbs for cellular plasticity studies

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 939-947

  Kumar, Anoop ^a   Brockes, Jeremy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LIMB REGENERATION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SALAMANDER;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; LARVA; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; REGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE FIXATION;

MAMMALIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 34248573927     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.134     Document Type: Article

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