Rapid preparation of rodent testicular cell suspensions and spermatogenic stages purification by flow cytometry using a novel blue-laser-excitable vital dye

MethodsX

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-243

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

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Mouse; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Vybrant DyeCycle Green

Indexed keywords

BLUE LASER EXCITABLE VITAL DYE; DYE; FLUOROCHROME; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNODETECTION; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL;

CAVIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84949124268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22150161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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