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Novel techniques to establish new insect cell lines

  • Special—Proceedings from the 2000 International Conference on Invertebrate Cell and Tissue Culture
  • Introduction Symposium on Strategies for Culturing Fastidious Cells from Invertebrates
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The success of insect cell culture is demonstrated by reports of over 500 established cell lines. While established procedures that can be used for developing new cell lines exist, these usually require some fine-tuning for various tissue sources. This paper attempts to depict some of the variations that can be applied.

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  1. Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, BARC-West, USDA/ARS, Building 011A, Room 214, 20705-2350, Beltsville, Maryland

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Lynn, D.E. Novel techniques to establish new insect cell lines. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 37, 319–321 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577564

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