Human, mouse or rat? Species authentication of glioma-derived cell cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-143

  Higgins, Samantha C ^a   Steingrimsdottir, Hedda ^b   Pilkington, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Microzone Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Human cell line authentication; Inter species contamination

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, CD15; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AGAROSE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MICE; RATS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649499902     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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