In Ovo electroporation as a useful tool to pursue molecular mechanisms of neural development in chick embryos

Electroporation and Sonoporation in Developmental Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-16

  Odani, Noritaka ^a   Hou, Xubin ^a   Nakamura, Harukazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84895313014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-09427-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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