Electron microscopy of the amphibian model systems xenopus laevis and ambystoma mexicanum

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 96, Issue C, 2010, Pages 395-423

  Kurth, Thomas ^a   Berger, Jürgen ^b   Wilsch Bräuninger, Michaela ^c   Kretschmar, Susanne ^a   Cerny, Robert ^d   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Löfberg, Jan ^e   Piendl, Thomas ^f   Epperlein, Hans H ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BOOK; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77953785623     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)96017-2     Document Type: Book

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