Differentiation of skeletal muscle and integration of myotubes with silicon microstructures using serum-free medium and a synthetic silane substrate

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1795-1801

  Das, Mainak ^a   Wilson, Kerry ^a   Hickman, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FETUS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; FETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICON;

EID: 34548589201     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.229     Document Type: Article

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