Effective elimination of fibroblasts in cultures of melanocytes by lowering calcium concentration in TPA depleted medium following geneticin treatment

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 58-62

  Horikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Norris, David A ^a,b   Zekman, Tamara ^a   Morelli, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bFGF; Calcium; ET 1; Fibroblast elimination; G418

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENTAMICIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALCIUM; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENDOTHELIN-1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLASTS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOCYTES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0030115495     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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