Detection of mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Uphoff, Cord C ^a   Drexler, Hans G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Contamination detection; FISH; Mycoplasmas; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL CULTURE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAINING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84964042668     PISSN: 19343639     EISSN: 19343647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb2804s106     Document Type: Article

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