Characterizing the spatiotemporal expression of RNAs and proteins in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 900-915

  Wolenski, Francis S ^a   Layden, Michael J ^b   Martindale, Mark Q ^b   Gilmore, Thomas D ^a   Finnerty, John R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CNIDARIA; CNIDOCYTE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA PROBE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEINS; RNA; SEA ANEMONES; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PLACOZOA;

EID: 84877053334     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.014     Document Type: Article

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