Growth of cultured porcine retinal pigment epithelial cells

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-176

  Wiencke, Anne Katrine ^a   Kiilgaard, Jens Folke ^a,b   Nicolini, Jair ^a   Bundgaard, Magnus ^c   Röpke, Carsten ^c   la Cour, Morten ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Crystal violet dye uptake; DNA content; Pig; Retinal pigmet epithelium; Retinal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; DNA; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA CONTENT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SWINE;

EID: 0038634918     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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