Direct confocal acquisition of fluorescence from X-gal staining on thick tissue sections

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Levitsky, Konstantin L ^a   Toledo Aral, Juan José ^a,b,c   López Barneo, José ^a,b,c   Villadiego, Javier ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOLYL BETA GALACTOSIDE; 5-BROMO-4-CHLORO-3-INDOLYL BETA-GALACTOSIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GALACTOSIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; FLUOROMETRY; GALACTOSIDES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; INDOLES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84886890966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02937     Document Type: Article

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