Multichannel wholemount fluorescent and fluorescent/chromogenic in situ hybridization in xenopus embryos

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 975-983

  Vize, Peter D ^a   McCoy, Kyle E ^a   Zhou, Xiaolan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METHODOLOGY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RNA, MESSENGER; XENOPUS;

EID: 68549099684     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.69     Document Type: Article

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