Assessing the significance of reverse transcriptase activity in chick cell-derived vaccines

Biologicals

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-414

  Robertson, James S ^a   Nicolson, Carolyn ^a   Riley, Ann Marie ^a   Bentley, Maureen ^a   Dunn, Glynis ^a   Corcoran, Terry ^a   Schild, Geoffrey C ^a   Minor, Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031461031     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/biol.1997.0111     Document Type: Article

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