Amyloid-beta peptide degradation in cell cultures by mycoplasma contaminants

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zhao, Haitian ^a   Dreses Werringloer, Ute ^a   Davies, Peter ^a,b   Marambaud, Philippe ^a,b  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 65149093341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-1-38     Document Type: Article

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