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[Method of separating mouse platelets by discontinuous sucrose-gradient centrifugation]. 1987

M Tajima, and H Tamura, and K Maejima

A discontinuous sucrose gradient was employed in the separation of mouse blood platelets using a modified Booyse method. The platelets of male CD-1 mice aged 8 to 12 weeks were divided into five distinct populations (A, B, C, D & E). Distribution of light to heavy platelets patterns in 10 normal CD-1 mice was demonstrable at; A (S.G. 1.188), as 14.8 +/- 5.6%; B (S.G. 1.199), 44.0 +/- 4.6%; C (S.G. 1.207), 24.1 +/- 3.4%; D (S.G. 1.214), 13.0 +/- 3.6%; and E (S.G. 1.221), 4.0 +/- 1.5%.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D001792	Blood Platelets	Non-nucleated disk-shaped cells formed in the megakaryocyte and found in the blood of all mammals. They are mainly involved in blood coagulation.	Platelets,Thrombocytes,Blood Platelet,Platelet,Platelet, Blood,Platelets, Blood,Thrombocyte
D002469	Cell Separation	Techniques for separating distinct populations of cells.	Cell Isolation,Cell Segregation,Isolation, Cell,Cell Isolations,Cell Segregations,Cell Separations,Isolations, Cell,Segregation, Cell,Segregations, Cell,Separation, Cell,Separations, Cell
D002499	Centrifugation, Density Gradient	Separation of particles according to density by employing a gradient of varying densities. At equilibrium each particle settles in the gradient at a point equal to its density. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Centrifugations, Density Gradient,Density Gradient Centrifugation,Density Gradient Centrifugations,Gradient Centrifugation, Density,Gradient Centrifugations, Density
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus