Alginate hydrogels for three-dimensional organ culture of ovaries and oviducts

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 52, 2011, Pages

  King, Shelby M ^a   Quartuccio, Suzanne ^a   Hilliard, Tyvette S ^a   Inoue, Kari ^a   Burdette, Joanna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate hydrogel; Bioengineering; Issue 52; Ovarian organ culture; Oviductal organ culture; Primary cell; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055112089     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2804     Document Type: Article

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