Experimental reconsideration of the utility of serum starvation as a method for synchronizing mammalian cells

Cell Biology International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-77

  Cooper, Stephen ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez, Mariam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; G1 phase; Membrane elution; Serum starvation; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA CONTENT; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; SERUM STARVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SIZE; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DNA; G1 PHASE; LEUKEMIA L1210; MICE; SERUM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57649219971     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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