A bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) based protocol for characterizing proliferating progenitors in Xenopus embryos

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 917, Issue , 2012, Pages 461-475

  Auger, Hélène ^a   Thuret, Raphaël ^a   Yakoubi, Warif El ^a   Papalopulu, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BrdU; Cell cycle; EdU; Neural progenitor; Neurons; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868576401     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-992-1_26     Document Type: Article

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