Radioactive in situ hybridization for detecting diverse gene expression patterns in tissue

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 62, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Chun Chun ^a   Wada, Kazuhiro ^b   Jarvis, Erich D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Darkfield; Embryo; Genetics; In situ hybridization; Issue 62; Neuroscience; Radioactive; Riboprobes; Silver emulsion; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860607330     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3764     Document Type: Article

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