The effects of mycoplasma contamination upon the ability to form bioengineered 3D kidney cysts.

Mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures is a pervasive, often undiagnosed and ignored problem in many laboratories that can result in reduced cell proliferation and changes in gene expression. Unless contamination is specifically suspected, it is often undetected in two dimensional (2D) cultures a...

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Main Authors: Teresa M DesRochers, Ivana Y Kuo, Erica P Kimmerling, Barbara E Ehrlich, David L Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4368695?pdf=render