Using standard optical flow cytometry for synchronizing proliferating cells in the G1 phase

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Vecsler, Manuela ^a   Lazar, Itay ^a   Tzur, Amit ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CYCLE ASSAY; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRAIN; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAMMAL CELL; OPTICAL FLOW CYTOMETRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STANDARD;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G1 PHASE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 84896740457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083935     Document Type: Article

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