Developmental imaging: The avian embryo hatches to the challenge

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-133

  Kulesa, Paul M ^a,b   Mckinney, Mary C ^a   Mclennan, Rebecca ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Developmental; Embryo; Imaging

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

BIRD; BIRTH DEFECT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL TRACKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HATCHING; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 84881001852     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21036     Document Type: Review

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