Assessment of Congo red as a fluorescence marker for the exoskeleton of small crustaceans and the cuticle of polychaetes

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-101

  Michels, J ^a   BUntzow M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitin; CLSM; Collagen; Congo red; Crustaceans; Cuticle; Exoskeleton; Fluorescence staining; Morphological imaging; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHITIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LASER EXCITATION; SURFACE ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

CLSM; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; CONGO RED; CRUSTACEAN; CUTICLE; EXOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MARKERS; FLUORESCENCE STAINING; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGING; POLYCHAETE;

COLLAGEN;

CONGO RED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; CUTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

CRUSTACEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77951110854     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03360.x     Document Type: Article

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