Watching lymphatic vessels grow by making them glow

Cell Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-13

  Proulx, Steven T ^a   Detmar, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICE; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84855476248     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.191     Document Type: Article

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