Prevalence and characterization of murine leukemia virus contamination in human cell lines.

Contaminations of cell cultures with microbiological organisms are well documented and can be managed in cell culture laboratories applying reliable detection, elimination and prevention strategies. However, the presence of viral contaminations in cell cultures is still a matter of debate and cannot...

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Main Authors: Cord C Uphoff, Sandra Lange, Sabine A Denkmann, Henk S P Garritsen, Hans G Drexler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4416031?pdf=render