The embryonic mouse gut tube as a model for analysis of epithelial polarity

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 839, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-237

  Matsuyama, Makoto ^a   Shimono, Akihiko ^b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apicobasal (AB) polarity; Confocal microscope; Gut tube; Immunofluorescent staining; Oriented cell division

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STOMACH; ULTRAMICROTOMY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; STOMACH;

EID: 84856325563     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-510-7_18     Document Type: Article

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