Improved visualization of lung metastases at single cell resolution in mice by combined in-situ perfusion of lung tissue and X-gal staining of lacztagged tumor cells

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 66, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Arlt, Matthias J E ^a   Born, Walter ^a   Fuchs, Bruno ^a  

^a Laboratory for Orthopedic Research   (Israel)

Author keywords

5 bromo 4 chloro 3 indolyl beta d galactoside (X gal) staining; Cancer biology; Cellular biology; Imaging; In situ lung perfusion; Issue 66; LacZ tagging; Lung metastasis; Medicine; Metastases; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868278574     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4162     Document Type: Article

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