Astrocyte polarization and wound healing in culture: Studying cell adhesion molecules

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 814, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-188

  Peng, H ^a   Carbonetto, S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocyte wound healing; Cell polarization; ES cells differentiation; Integrins

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL POLARITY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INTEGRINS; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84855928712     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-452-0_13     Document Type: Article

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