Accelerated clone selection for recombinant CHO cells using a FACS-based high-throughput screen

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 465-472

  DeMaria, Christine T ^a   Cairns, Victor ^a   Schwarz, Cordula ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Guerin, Megan ^a,b   Zuena, Erin ^a   Estes, Scott ^a   Karey, Kenneth P ^a  

^a GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS; RNA;

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; FLUORESCENTLY LABELED ANTIBODY; THERAPEUTIC PROTEIN;

CLONING;

CD20 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CHO CELL; CLASSIFICATION; CRICETULUS; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD20; CELL SEPARATION; CHO CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34247280567     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp060298i     Document Type: Article

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