A highly sensitive cytotoxicity assay based on the release of reporter enzymes, from stably transfected cell lines

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-98

  Schafer H ^a   Schafer A ^a   Kiderlen, A F ^a   Masihi, K N ^a   Burger, R ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

cytotoxicity assay; enzyme release; reporter gene; stable transfection

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; COLORIMETRY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME RELEASE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MASTOCYTOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342437541     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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