Evaluation of the Virus Counter® for rapid baculovirus quantitation

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-116

  Ferris, Matthew M ^a   Stepp, Patricia C ^a   Ranno, Kirk A ^a   Mahmoud, Wafaa ^b   Ibbitson, Elizabeth ^b   Jarvis, James ^b   Cox, Manon M J ^b   Christensen, Kurt ^c   Votaw, Heather ^c   Edwards, Dean P ^c   Rowlen, Kathy L ^a  

^a InDevR LLC   (United States)

^b Protein Sciences Corp   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Plaque assay; Recombinant protein; Virus Counter; Virus quantitation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DILUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSECT CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PLAQUE;

BACULOVIRIDAE; PLAQUE ASSAY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 78650569514     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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