Flow cytometry for gene expression studies in mammalian spermatogenesis

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 46-56

  Geisinger, Adriana ^a,b   Rodriguez Casuriaga R ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cell sorting; Flow cytometry; Gene expression; Mammalian testis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; 7 AMINODACTINOMYCIN; ABC TRANSPORTER; ACRIDINE ORANGE; BISBENZIMIDE; CELL DNA; FLUOROCHROME; HOE 33342; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TYPE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STAINING; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77953293550     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291489     Document Type: Review

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