Fluorescent visualization of germline apoptosis in living Caenorhabditis elegans

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 2014, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 420-427

  Lant, Benjamin ^a   Derry, W Brent ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GERM CELLS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; OPTICAL IMAGING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84897391423     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot080226     Document Type: Article

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