An optimized protocol for handling and processing fragile acini cultured with the hanging drop technique

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 348-350

  Snyman, Celia ^a   Elliott, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Confocal; Hanging drop culture; MCF10A; Scanning and electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONFOCAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HANGING DROPS; MCF10A; OPTIMIZED PROTOCOL; PROCESSING STEPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE;

DROPS;

ACINAR CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HANGING DROP CULTURE; HANGING DROP VAPOR DIFFUSION METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80054062945     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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