A simple method of culture of 11.5-day-old rat embryos in DMEM/F12 and 20% fetal bovine serum

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-423

  Ornoy, Asher ^a   Yacobi, S ^a   Yaffee, P ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Culture; DMEM F12; FBS; Growth; Rat embryos; Rat serum

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; LIMB BUD; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMITE; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0242300170     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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