Histology of plastic embedded amphibian embryos and larvae

Genesis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-250

  Kurth, Thomas ^a,b   Weiche, Susanne ^b   Vorkel, Daniela ^c   Kretschmar, Susanne ^a   Menge, Anja ^b  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axolotl; Embryos; Epon; Fixation; Histology; Microwave assisted tissue processing; Technovit 7100; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; DEXTRAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RESIN;

EMBRYO; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; LARVA; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PLASTIC EMBEDDING;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 84858001132     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20821     Document Type: Review

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