FISH and Immunofluorescence Staining in Chlamydomonas

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 714, Issue , 2011, Pages 15-29

  Uniacke, James ^b   Colón Ramos, Daniel ^b   Zerges, William ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Algae; Cell; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chloroplast; Confocal; FISH; Flagella; Fluorescence microscopy; In situ hybridization; Localization; mRNA; Pattern formation; Plant

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAINING;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PERMEABILITY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79960073967     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-005-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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