Biosafety
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009) Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 5th edition. See CDC Website.
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Mycoplasma Contamination
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Uphoff CC, Drexler HG (2014) Detection of Mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures. Curr Protoc Mol Biol 106: 28.4.1-28.4.14. PMID: 24733240.
Uphoff CC, Drexler HG (2014) Eradication of Mycoplasma contaminations from cell cultures. Curr Protoc Mol Biol 106: 28.5.1-28.5.12. PMID: 24733241.
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Viral Contamination
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Uphoff CC, Denkmann SA, Steube KG, Drexler HG (2010) Detection of EBV, HBV, HCV, HIV-1, HTLV-I and -II, and SMRV in human and other primate cell lines. J Biomed Biotechnol. 2010: 904767. PMID: 20454443.
Uphoff CC, Lange S, Denkmann SA, Garritsen HS, Drexler HG (2015) Prevalence and characterization of murine leukemia virus contamination in human cell lines. PLoS One 10: e0125622. PMID: 25927683.
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