Atomic force microscopy of living and fixed Xenopus laevis embryos

Micron

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 840-852

  Efremov, Yu M ^a   Pukhlyakova, E A ^a   Bagrov, D V ^a   Shaitan, K V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Xenopus laevis embryo

Indexed keywords

AFM; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOVEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; IN-VIVO; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS EMBRYO;

BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TISSUE FIXATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 80051583170     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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