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Isolation of Primary Mouse Trophoblast Cells and Trophoblast Invasion Assay
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Isolation of Primary Mouse Trophoblast Cells and Trophoblast Invasion Assay
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10:28 min

January 08, 2012

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  • 00:05Title
  • 01:30Dissection of the Mouse Placenta
  • 03:29Isolation of Trophoblast Cells
  • 06:53Trophoblast Invasion Assay
  • 08:21Representative Results

Summary

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In this protocol, we describe the dissection of placentae from the mouse on pregnancy d10.5, followed by isolation of trophoblast cells using a Percoll gradient. We then demonstrate use of the isolated cells in a matrigel invasion assay.

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