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UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey

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Preparation of embryos for Electron Microscopy of the Drosophila embryonic heart tube
Nadine H. Soplop 1,2, Rajesh Patel 1, Sunita G. Kramer 1,2
1Joint Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology, UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, 2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

We describe a process for fixation, embedding, sectioning, and imaging of late stage Drosophila embryos for Trasmission Electron Microscopy of the embryonic heart tube. This technique allows for the visualization of the heart tube lumen as well as the basement membrane, which lines the lumen of the heart.

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