Safety aspects of insect cell culture

Cytotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 299-304

  Stacey, G ^a   Possee, R ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biosafety; containment; insect cells; mycoplasma; risk; virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029821644     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00350409     Document Type: Review

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