MicroCT for molecular imaging: Quantitative visualization of complete three-dimensional distributions of gene products in embryonic limbs

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2301-2308

  Metscher, Brian D ^a   Müller, Gerd B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Immunostaining; Limb development; Molecular imaging; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GENE PRODUCT; METAL; REAGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENSITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNODETECTION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; EXTREMITIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEINS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052967909     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22733     Document Type: Article

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