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Basic Techniques in Mammalian Cell Tissue Culture
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Cultured mammalian cells are used extensively in cell biology studies. It requires a number of special skills in order to be able to preserve the structure, function, behavior, and biology of the cells in culture. This unit describes the basic skills required to maintain and preserve cell cultures: maintaining aseptic technique, preparing media with the appropriate characteristics, passaging, freezing and storage, recovering frozen stocks, and counting viable cells.Curr. Protoc. Cell Biol. 36:1.1.1‐1.1.18. © 2007 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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“In order to detect the mycoplasma contamination after harvesting, each cell line was cultured in an antibiotics-free medium for a week (at least 4-5 days) without exchanging the medium (Phelan 2006(Phelan , 2007)).”
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- Authors
- Phelan, M. C.
- Affiliations
- Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- Phelan, Mary C.
- Venue
- Current Protocols in Cell Biology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-09
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- Unit 1.1-Unit 1.1
- ISSN
- 1934-2500 (ISSN-L)
- 1934-2616
- OpenAlex
- W2911622295
- Cited by
- 87
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- FWCI
- 1.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Protocols in Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Keywords
- mammalian cell culture, aseptic technique, culture media preparation, subculture, viable cell count, cell preservation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Count, Cells, Cultured, Culture Media, Humans, Indicators and Reagents, Mammals, Suspensions, Transportation, Cryopreservation, Cell Culture Techniques
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