A forensic path to RGC-5 cell line identification: Lessons learned

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5712-5719

  Krishnamoorthy, Raghu R ^a   Clark, Abbot F ^a   Daudt, Donald ^a   Vishwanatha, Jamboor K ^a   Yorio, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

661W; Cell misidentification; RGC 5; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; E1A PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STRAIN; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EDITORIAL; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; KARYOTYPING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

661W; CELL MISIDENTIFICATION; RGC-5; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL SURVIVAL; EYE PROTEINS; MICE; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883023544     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12085     Document Type: Editorial

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