Live dissection of drosophila embryos: Streamlined methods for screening mutant collections by antibody staining

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 34, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Hyung Kook Peter ^a   Wright, Ashley P ^a   Zinn, Kai ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Dissection; Drosophila; Embryo; Genetics; GFP; Immunofluorescence; Immunohistochemistry; Live dissection; Live staining; Neural development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957907403     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1647     Document Type: Article

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