A rapid, cost-effective method for counting human embryonic stem cell numbers as clumps

BioTechniques

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 599-606

  Prowse, Andrew B J ^a   Wolvetang, Ernst J ^a   Gray, Peter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell count; Fluorescence; High throughput; Human embryonic stem cells; Propidium iodide

Indexed keywords

PROPIDIUM IODIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLORING AGENT; DETERGENT; DISPASE; DNA; OCTOXINOL; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; COLORING AGENTS; DETERGENTS; DNA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; OCTOXYNOL; PROPIDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 70350731798     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113151     Document Type: Article

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