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Fol. Biol. 2015, 61, 184-194

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2015061050184

Characterization of Porcine Granulosa Cell Line AVG-16

A. Sadowska1, A. Nynca2, M. Korzeniewska1, J. Piasecka-Srader3, M. Jablonska1, K. Orlowska1, S. Swigonska2, Renata E. Ciereszko1,2

1Department of Animal Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
2Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

Received May 2015
Accepted June 2015

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