Visualizing the live Drosophila glial-neuromuscular junction with fluorescent dyes

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 27, 2009, Pages

  Brink, Dee ^a   Gilbert, Mary ^a   Auld, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Dye permeation; Fluorescence; Glia; Issue 27; Live imaging; Neuroscience; NMJ synapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355143103     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1154     Document Type: Article

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