Technical Reference #156

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
Petri dishes (MatTek Corp.; Ashland; MA)

156.

Argosomes: A Potential Vehicle For The Spread Of Morphogens Through Epithelia Greco; V.; Hannus; M.; Eaton; S., Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Cell, 106(156), (2001)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
The formation of morphogen gradients is essential for tissue patterning. Morphogens are released from producing cells and spread through adjacent tissue; paradoxically however many morphogens including Wingless associate tightly with the cell membrane

Microscopic Technique
Confocal Microscopy, Time Lapse

Cell Type(s)
Wing imaginal discs