Assaying proliferation and differentiation capacity of stem cells using disaggregated adult mouse epidermis

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 898-911

  Jensen, Kim B ^a   Driskell, Ryan R ^a   Watt, Fiona M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICE;

EID: 77955489664     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.39     Document Type: Article

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