Isolation and characterization of embryonic and adult epicardium and epicardium-derived cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 843, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-168

  Zhou, Bin ^a,b,c,d   Pu, William T ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epicardium; Epicardium derived cells; Flow activated cytometry sorting; Immunostaining; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART MUSCLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PERICARDIUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84856300584     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-523-7_15     Document Type: Article

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