Embedding, serial sectioning and staining of zebrafish embryos using JB-4 resin

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-55

  Sullivan Brown, Jessica ^a   Bisher, Margaret E ^a   Burdine, Rebecca D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; RESIN; RNA; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STAINING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTOMY; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; POLYMERS; STAINING AND LABELING; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 78651074946     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.165     Document Type: Article

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