STR DNA typing of human cell lines: Detection of intra- and interspecies cross-contamination

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 946, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-38

  Dirks, Wilhelm G ^a   Drexler, Hans G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authentication; Cross contamination; DNA STR typing; Human cell lines; Misidentification; mtDNA typing; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84871905032     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-128-8_3     Document Type: Article

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