V-fusion: A convenient, nontoxic method for cell fusion

BioTechniques

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 747-749

  Gottesman, Amy ^a   Milazzo, Joseph ^a   Lazebnik, Yuri ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Hybrids; Viruses; VSV G

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL FUSION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYBRIDOMA; SENDAI VIRUS; TETRAPLOIDY; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

APOPTOSIS; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MITOSIS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78349293747     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113515     Document Type: Article

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