High-throughput staining for the evaluation of fetal skeletal development in rats and rabbits

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-182

  Redfern, Brian G ^a   Wise, L David ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcian blue; Alizarin red; Cartilage; Differential staining; Fetal development; High throughput; Ossified bone

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ALIZARIN RED S; DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RABBIT; RAT; RELIABILITY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34447271469     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20114     Document Type: Article

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