Embryological Manipulations in Zebrafish

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 770, Issue , 2011, Pages 139-184

  Sun, Yuhua ^a   Wloga, Dorota ^b   Dougan, Scott T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

cell transplants; Danio rerio; immunofluorescence; methods; microinjection; two color in situ hybridization; Western; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLOR; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA PROBE; TRANSPLANTATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLOR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROINJECTIONS; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 80052942234     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-210-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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