Direct cloning of astrocytes from primary culture without previous immortalization

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 401-411

  Mbarek, O ^a   Verge V ^a   Hevor, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Cell cloning; Eukaryote; Glial cells; Glial fibrillary acidc protein; Glycogen

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA CELL; CELL CLONE; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; GLIA CELL; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032443527     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-998-0022-0     Document Type: Article

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