The importance of ammonia in mammalian cell culture

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-185

  Schneider, Markus ^a   Marison, Ian W ^a   Von Stockar, Urs ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ammonia; ammonia removal; ammonium; electrodialysis; gas permeable membrane; glutamine; ion exchange membrane; ion exchange resin; mammalian cell culture

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL METABOLISM; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029937194     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(95)00196-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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