Stripe assay to examine axonal guidance and cell migration

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1216-1224

  Knöll, Bernd ^a   Weinl, Christine ^a   Nordheim, Alfred ^a   Bonhoeffer, Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIPE ASSAY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; CUES; EPHRIN-A5; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 34250170096     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.157     Document Type: Article

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