Single-cell isolation and cloning of Tetrahymena thermophila cells with a fluorescence-activated cell sorter

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-42

  Mori, Kotaro ^a   Kashiwagi, Akiko ^b   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axenic culture; CDM; cell sorting; chemically defined medium; cytometry; FACS

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; CLONE; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SERUM;

ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CELL SEPARATION; CLONE CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

BOVINAE; CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 78650663550     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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