A system for ex vivo culturing of embryonic pancreas

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 66, 2012, Pages

  Petzold, Kristin M ^a   Spagnoli, Francesca M ^a  

^a Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular biology; Confocal microscopy; Developmental biology; Epithelial morphogenesis; Issue 66; Live imaging; Medicine; Molecular biology; Organ culture; Pancreas; Physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868294581     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3979     Document Type: Article

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