Laser Microsurgery in Cell and Developmental Biology
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- 31 July 1981
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4507), 505-513
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7017933
Abstract
New applications of laser microbeam irradiation to cell and developmental biology include a new instrument with a tunable wavelength (217- to 800-nanometer) laser microbeam and a wide range of energies and exposure durations (down to 25 X 10(-12) second). Laser microbeams can be used for microirradiation of selected nucleolar genetic regions and for laser microdissection of mitotic and cytoplasmic organelles. They are also used to disrupt the developing neurosensory appendages of the cricket and the imaginal discs of Drosophila.Keywords
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