Transgenesis and imaging in birds, and available transgenic reporter lines

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-421

  Sato, Yuki ^a   Lansford, Rusty ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Confocal laser microscopy; Quail; Time lapse imaging; Transgenic bird

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BIRD; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRACKING; CHICKEN; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; REVIEW; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRDS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; QUAIL; SOFTWARE; TRANSGENES;

AVES; PHASIANIDAE; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877826001     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12058     Document Type: Review

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