Simple and efficient technique for the preparation of testicular cell suspensions

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 78, 2013, Pages

  Rodríguez Casuriaga, Rosana ^a   Folle, Gustavo A ^b   Santiñaque, Federico ^b   López Carro, Beatriz ^b   Geisinger, Adriana ^a,c  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable IIBCE   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Animal model; Biomedical engineering; Cell biology; Cell culture; Cell separation; Cell suspension; Cellular Biology; Cytological techniques; FACS; Flow cytometry; Issue 78; Medicine; Meiosis; Physiology; Rodent; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881192533     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50102     Document Type: Article

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