Trematode embryology: A new method for whole-egg analysis by confocal microscopy

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 267-271

  Jurberg, Arnon D ^a   Pascarelli, Bernardo M ^a   Pelajo Machado, Marcelo ^a   Maldonado Jr , Arnaldo ^b   Mota, Ester M ^a   Lenzi, Henrique L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carmine staining; Confocal microscopy; Echinostoma paraensei; Embryo; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHINOSTOMA; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENES, HELMINTH; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TREMATODA;

ECHINOSTOMA PARAENSEI; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 43049142954     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0209-0     Document Type: Article

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