Gene transfection of multicellular spheroid of hepatocytes on an artificial substrate

Cytotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-78

  Watanabe, Yoshifumi ^a   Ajioka, Itsuki ^a   Akaike, Toshihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Primary cultured hepatocytes; Spheroids; Transfection; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031885571     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007954721159     Document Type: Article

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