Quantitative imaging of morphogen gradients in drosophila imaginal discs

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 387-403

  Kicheva, Anna ^a   Holtzer, Laurent ^a   Wartlick, Ortrud ^a   Schmidt, Thomas ^a   González Gaitán, Marcos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLEACHING; CALIBRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DROSOPHILA; ENDOSOME; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; IMAGINAL DISC; IMAGING; KINETICS; LIGHT DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS PARTICLE; ANIMAL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINAL DISCS;

EID: 84877095350     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top074237     Document Type: Article

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