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A live-imaging protocol to track cell movement in the Xenopus embryo

Tracking individual cell movement during development is challenging, particularly in tissues subjected to major remodeling. Currently, most live imaging techniques in Xenopus are limited to tissue explants and/or to superficial cells. We describe here a protocol to track immature multiciliated cells...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chuyen, Alexandre, Daian, Fabrice, Pasini, Andrea, Kodjabachian, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8577151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34778847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100928
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Sumario:Tracking individual cell movement during development is challenging, particularly in tissues subjected to major remodeling. Currently, most live imaging techniques in Xenopus are limited to tissue explants and/or to superficial cells. We describe here a protocol to track immature multiciliated cells (MCCs) moving within the inner epidermal layer of a whole embryo. In addition, we present a data processing protocol to uncouple the movements of individual cells from the coplanar drifts of the tissue in which they are embedded. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Chuyen et al. (2021).