Phenotyping structural abnormalities in mouse embryos using high-resolution episcopic microscopy

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1143-1152

  Weninger, Wolfgang J ^a   Geyer, Stefan H ^a   Martineau, Alexandrine ^b   Galli, Antonella ^c   Adams, David J ^c   Wilson, Robert ^b   Mohun, Timothy J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D; Episcopic; HREM; Imaging; Phenotype screen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOUSE STRAIN; HIGH RESOLUTION EPISCOPIC MICROSCOPY; HOMOZYGOTE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; SIBLING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; C57BL MOUSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84907509357     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.016337     Document Type: Article

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