Integrated culture and purification of rat Schwann cells from freshly isolated adult tissue

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1996-2004

  Kaewkhaw, Rossukon ^a   Scutt, Andy M ^b   Haycock, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO AMINO ACID OXIDASE; FORSKOLIN; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; VALINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FIBROBLAST; GROWTH STIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURIFICATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; VALINE;

BOVINAE; RATTUS;

EID: 84868136473     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.118     Document Type: Article

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