Whole retinal explants from chicken embryos for electroporation and chemical reagent treatments

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 103, 2015, Pages

  Fard, Shahrzad Shirazi ^a   Blixt, Maria ^a   Hallböök, Finn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture; Developmental biology; Explant; Eye; In ovo; In vitro; Inhibitors; Issue 103; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; RETINA; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPORATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; RETINA;

EID: 84980583042     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/53202     Document Type: Article

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