Mouse fetal whole intestine culture system for ex vivo manipulation of signaling pathways and three-dimensional live imaging of villus development

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 91, 2014, Pages

  Walton, Katherine D ^a   Kolterud, Åsa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell signaling; Developmental Biology; Issue 91; Live imaging; Molecular Biology; Morphogenesis; Mouse fetal intestine; Three dimensional reconstruction; Two photon imaging; Whole organ culture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTESTINES; MICE; MICROVILLI; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84908273002     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51817     Document Type: Article

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