Quantitative real-time PCR for rapid and accurate titration of recombinant baculovirus particles

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 810-814

  Hitchman, Richard B ^a   Siaterli, Evangelia A ^a   Nixon, Clare P ^a   King, Linda A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; High throughput; Quantitative PCR (QPCR); Titer

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; QUANTITATIVE PCR (QPCR); TITER;

ASSAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; TITRATION;

VIRUSES;

GLYCOPROTEIN 64; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TITRATION;

BACULOVIRIDAE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; PLAQUE ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 33947140858     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21177     Document Type: Article

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