In ovo electroporation of miRNA-based plasmids in the developing neural tube and assessment of phenotypes by DiI injection in open-book preparations

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 68, 2012, Pages

  Wilson, Nicole H ^a   Stoeckli, Esther T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chicken; Developmental biology; Dissection; Genetics; In ovo electroporation; Issue 68; Knock down; Microrna; Molecular biology; Neural circuit; Neural development; Neuroscience; Open book preparation; Rna interference; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868282328     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4384     Document Type: Article

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