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US 4,387,161 AGranted
Detection of mycoplasma infection in cell cultures
AssigneeInstitute for Medical Research
InventorsGerard J. McGarrity, Dennis A. Carson
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Abstract
Detection of mycoplasma infection in an animal cell culture is accomplished by growing animal cells from a culture in a growth medium in the presence of 6-methylpurine deoxyriboside and determining whether animal cells are killed.
Claims6
A method of detecting mycoplasma infection in an animal cell culture which comprises growing a specimen of animal cells from such culture in a growth medium in the presence of 6-methylpurine deoxyriboside and determining whether animal cells are killed.
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