Isolation and culture of bovine oviductal epithelial cells for use in the anatomy and physiology laboratory and undergraduate research

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-241

  Way, Amy L ^a  

^a LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Epithelium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750992444     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00064.2005     Document Type: Article

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