Validity of DNA analysis to determine cell numbers in tissue engineering scaffolds

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 819-823

  Forsey, Richard W ^a   Chaudhuri, Julian B ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA assay; Fluorophore; PicoGreen; Scaffold; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ATDC5 CELLS; CELL LINES; CELL NUMBER; CELL TYPES; DNA ANALYSIS; DNA ASSAY; DNA CONTENT; IN-SITU; PICOGREEN; PRIMARY CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; WORKING RANGE;

CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; FLUOROPHORES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SCAFFOLDS; STANDARDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; DNA; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 67349279785     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-9940-5     Document Type: Article

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