Fluorescence activated cell sorting of live female germ cells and somatic cells of the mouse fetal gonad based on forward and side scattering

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 547-553

  Wojtasz, Lukasz ^a   Daniel, Katrin ^a   Toth, Attila ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FACS; Female fetal germ cells; Female germ cells; Forward scatter; Meiosis; Oct4 GFP; Side scatter

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GERM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELLS; GONADS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OVARY;

EID: 66449113659     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20729     Document Type: Article

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