Selection of a standard culture medium for primary culture of Limulus polyphemus amebocytes

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 325-329

  Hurton, Lenka V ^a   Berkson, Jim M ^a   Smith, Stephen A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebocyte culture; Amoebocyte; Horseshoe crab; In vitro; Morphology; Viability

Indexed keywords

AMEBOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRANULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT CELL CULTURE; LIMULUS; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH; SERUM; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HEMOCYTES; HORSESHOE CRABS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 33645024594     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1290/0507048.1     Document Type: Article

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