Isolation and Primary Culture of Murine Alveolar Type II Cells

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-315

  Corti, Miriam ^a   Brody, Arnold R ^a   Harrison, James H ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; FIBRONECTIN; KERATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; KERATINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0030118642     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.14.4.8600933     Document Type: Article

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