New low-viscosity overlay medium for viral plaque assays

Virology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Matrosovich, Mikhail ^a   Matrosovich, Tatyana ^a   Garten, Wolfgang ^a   Klenk, Hans Dieter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 ACETAMIDO 5 AMINO 3 (1 ETHYLPROPOXY) 1 CYCLOHEXENE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AGAR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; METHYLCELLULOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS PLAQUE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TITRATION; VISCOSITY;

AGAR; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; DOGS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; METHYLCELLULOSE; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY; VISCOSITY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33748682298     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-3-63     Document Type: Article

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