Methods for preparing fluorescent and neutral red-stained whole mounts of mouse mammary glands

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-415

  Landua, John D ^a   Visbal, Adriana P ^a   Lewis, Michael T ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching morphogenesis; DNA binding dyes; Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescent tagged mice; Imaging fluorescence; Mammary gland morphology; Whole mammary gland analysis

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; NEUTRAL RED; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUTRAL RED; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 75149161489     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10911-009-9155-3     Document Type: Article

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