High-efficiency electroporation of the spinal cord in larval axolotl

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1290, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-125

  Albors, Aida Rodrigo ^a   Tanaka, Elly M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Axolotl; Electroporation; Regeneration; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LARVA; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TAIL;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; LARVA; MICROINJECTIONS; SPINAL CORD; TAIL; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84924368149     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2495-0_9     Document Type: Article

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