Proliferating and differentiating Schwann cell cultures from embryonic chick sciatic nerve maintained for months in vitro without antimitotics or growth factors

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 106-116

  Weiss, Bettina ^a   Del Turco, Domenico ^a   Layer, Paul G ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ara C; Cholinesterase; Forskolin; Glia; HNK 1; In vitro; Nerve regeneration; Proliferation; S 100

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL MARKER; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; VALINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FIBROBLAST; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0029937341     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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