Live imaging of cell motility and actin cytoskeleton of individual neurons and neural crest cells in zebrafish embryos

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 36, 2010, Pages

  Andersen, Erica ^a   Asuri, Namrata ^a   Clay, Matthew ^a   Halloran, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Axon guidance; Cell behavior; Developmental Biology; Embryos; Issue 36; Microinjection; Neural crest; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055107054     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1726     Document Type: Article

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