Efficient imaging of amyloid deposits in Drosophilamodels of human amyloidoses

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 935-944

  Berg, Ina ^a   Nilsson, Peter R ^a   Thor, Stefan ^a   Hammarström, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STAINING;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; STAINING AND LABELING; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 77955505367     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.41     Document Type: Article

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