A rapid method for titrating baculovirus stocks using the Sf-9 Easy Titer cell line

BioTechniques

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 785-788

  Hopkins, Ralph F ^a   Esposito, Dominic ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; GFP; Green fluorescent protein; Method; Sf 9 cell line; Titrating

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; POLYHEDRIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CELL LINE; DILUTION; DNA TRANSFECTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACULOVIRIDAE; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION; SPODOPTERA; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELL LINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPODOPTERA; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 77954074555     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113238     Document Type: Article

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