An immunofluorescence method to analyze the proliferation status of individual nephron segments in the xenopus pronephric kidney

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 886, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-132

  Romaker, Daniel ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a,b   Wessely, Oliver ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Kidney; Metanephros; Mitosis; Pronephros; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HISTONE H3; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MITOSIS; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONEPHRIC KIDNEY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRONEPHROS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; KIDNEY; MITOSIS; NEPHRONS; PRONEPHROS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84922137505     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-851-1_11     Document Type: Article

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