Live imaging of zebrafish development

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 770-777

  Godinho, Leanne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVE IMAGING; MICROINJECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STAINING;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; STAINING AND LABELING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79960052824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top119     Document Type: Article

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