Advanced optical imaging in living embryos

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3489-3497

  Canaria, Christie A ^a   Lansford, Rusty ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal; Embryogenesis; Microscopy; Time lapse imaging; Two photon

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

CELL LABELING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXCITATION; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77957361052     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0440-5     Document Type: Review

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