Single-cell gene profiling of planarian stem cells using fluorescent activated cell sorting and its "index sorting" function for stem cell research

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-144

  Hayashi, Tetsutaro ^a   Shibata, Norito ^a,b,d   Okumura, Ryo ^c   Kudome, Tomomi ^a   Nishimura, Osamu ^a,d   Tarui, Hiroshi ^a   Agata, Kiyokazu ^a,d  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorescent activated cell sorting based single cell polymerase chain reaction; Index sorting; Neoblast; Planarian; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G2 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PLANARIANS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RESEARCH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; S PHASE; STEM CELLS;

PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74549115234     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2009.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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