Imaging the Drosophila retina: Zwitterionic buffers PIPES and HEPES induce morphological artifacts in tissue fixation

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nie, Jing ^a,b   Mahato, Simpla ^a   Zelhof, Andrew C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Biological tube; Drosophila; Eyes shut; HEPES; Inter rhabdomeral space; Photoreceptor; PIPES; Rhabdomere

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; BUFFER; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE-N,N'-BIS(2-ETHANESULFONIC ACID);

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; DROSOPHILA; RETINA; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARTIFACTS; BUFFERS; DROSOPHILA; HEPES; PIPERAZINES; RETINA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84928693613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12861-015-0056-y     Document Type: Article

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