Drosophila Brainbow: A recombinase-based fluorescence labeling technique to subdivide neural expression patterns

Nature Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-259

  Hampel, Stefanie ^a   Chung, Phuong ^a   McKellar, Claire E ^a   Hall, Donald ^a   Looger, Loren L ^a   Simpson, Julie H ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAINBOW; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE PROJECTION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRACKING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; RECOMBINASES; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSGENES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952150255     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1566     Document Type: Article

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