Methods for generating and colonizing gnotobiotic zebrafish

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1862-1875

  Pham, Linh N ^a   Kanther, Michelle ^a,b   Semova, Ivana ^a   Rawls, John F ^a  

^a Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GERM-FREE LIFE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 58749116111     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.186     Document Type: Article

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