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*CIL – Cell Image Library accession number. Please use this to reference an image.

CIL:142^* Cite

Description

The image shows developing eggs in a Drosophila ovary stained for two types of signaling protein (red and green) involved in the establishment of the anterior-posterior polarity of the egg.

Technical Details

See JS Poulton, W-M Deng 2006 Proc Natl Acad USA 103:12775-12780.

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Drosophila melanogaster
Cell Type: oocyte

Biological Context

Biological Process: establishment or maintenance of cell polarity

Attribution

Names: Wu-Min Deng; John S. Deng
Published: JS Poulton Wu-Min Deng 2006. Proc Natl Acad USA 103:12775-80
Link: BioMedical Beat

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL142
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil142

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: fluorescence microscopy
Parameters Imaged: fluorescence emission
Source of Contrast: distribution of epitope
Data Qualifiers: processed data

Sample Preparation

Methods: formaldehyde fixed tissue
Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	250px	——
Y	150px	——