Laser-assisted microdissection (LAM) as a tool for transcriptional profiling of individual cell types

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2016, Issue 111, 2016, Pages

  Florez Rueda, Ana Marcela ^a   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^a   Schmidt, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boechera; Cell type specific; Female germline; Gametophyte; Issue 111; Laser assisted microdissection; Plant Biology; Plant reproduction; RNA quality; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED;

GENES, PLANT; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; PLANTS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84971539145     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/53916     Document Type: Article

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