Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV): Propagation, quantification, and storage

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 8, 2008, Pages

  Welsh, Raymond M ^a   Seedhom, Mina O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

BHK cell; Defective interfering (DI) virus; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; PCR; Plaque; Plaque forming unit (pfu); Vero cell

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

AUTOCLAVE; BIOSAFETY; CELL STRAIN BHK; COLONY FORMING UNIT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VERO CELL; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS PURIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

ARENAVIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PLAQUE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VERO CELLS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 53449094376     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc15a01s8     Document Type: Review

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