The use of a conventional tissue culture plate as an optically accessible perfusion chamber for in situ assays and for long-term cultivation of mammalian cells

Cytotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-58

  Freyberg, M A ^a   Friedl, P ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcein AM; Endothelial cells; Fluorescence; Long term cultivation; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031933372     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007989802251     Document Type: Article

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