Implications of mycoplasma contamination in Plasmodium falciparum cultures and methods for its detection and eradication

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Rowe, J Alexandra ^a   Scragg, Ian G ^a   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^a   Carucci, Daniel J ^b   Newbold, Christopher I ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

4 oxo quinolone 3 carboxylic acid; Cell culture; Mycoplasma; Plasmodium falciparum; Rosette; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CELL CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032054871     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00237-5     Document Type: Article

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