Error assessment in recombinant baculovirus titration: Evaluation of different methods

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-80

  Roldão, António ^a   Oliveira, Rui ^b   Carrondo, Manuel J T ^a,b   Alves, Paula M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Baculovirus titration; Cost analysis; Error assessment; Titration methods comparison

Indexed keywords

TETRAZOLIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DILUTION; ERROR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; OXAZINES; PLAQUE ASSAY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPODOPTERA; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TITRIMETRY; XANTHENES;

EID: 67349134657     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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