Using the mRNA-MS2/MS2CP-FP System to Study mRNA Transport During Drosophila Oogenesis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 714, Issue , 2011, Pages 265-283

  Belaya, Katsiaryna ^b   Johnston, Daniel St ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Live cell imaging; mRNA localization; MS2 coat protein; Widefield deconvolution microscopy

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACTERIOPHAGES; CAPSID PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OOGENESIS; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 79960051901     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-005-8_17     Document Type: Chapter

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