One-Step Vital Staining of Presynaptic Terminals and Post-Synaptic Receptors at Neuromuscular Junctions in Mouse Skeletal Muscle.
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This protocol describes vital staining of neuromuscular junctions in the mouse triangularis sterni muscle in one incubation step, combining presynaptic, motor nerve terminal staining with the styryl dye FM1-43, which labels recycling synaptic vesicles, and TRITC-α-bungarotoxin, which labels acetylcholine receptors in the motor endplate membrane. Curr. Protoc. Mouse Biol. 1:489-496 © 2011 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current protocols in mouse biology
دوره 1 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011