Species identification and confirmation of human and animal cell lines : a PCR-based method

Misidentification and cross-contamination of cell lines are major problems of cell cultures that can make scientific results and their reproducibility unreliable. This paper describes a PCR-based method for easily identifying or confirming the species of origin of cell lines by using a panel of olig...

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Veröffentlicht in:BioTechniques. - 1991. - 32(2002), 2 vom: 25. Feb., Seite 432-4, 436, 438-40
1. Verfasser: Parodi, B (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Aresu, O, Bini, D, Lorenzini, R, Schena, F, Visconti, P, Cesaro, M, Ferrera, D, Andreotti, V, Ruzzon, T
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2002
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:BioTechniques
Schlagworte:Evaluation Study Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Isoenzymes
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Zusammenfassung:Misidentification and cross-contamination of cell lines are major problems of cell cultures that can make scientific results and their reproducibility unreliable. This paper describes a PCR-based method for easily identifying or confirming the species of origin of cell lines by using a panel of oligonucleotides specific for the nine animal species most common in cell culture laboratories. A panel of 35 human and animal cell lines, whose species of origin were previously confirmed by isoenzyme assay, was studied with nine species-specific primer pairs that specifically anneal to DNA sequences codifying for human, cat, dog, mouse, rat, horse, rabbit, African Green monkey cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox I), and one primer pair specific for the cytochrome b gene of Chinese hamster. The amplified fragments were analyzed by electrophoresis in ethidium bromide-stained 2% agarose gels. The method is simple, rapid, highly sensitive, and useful for routinely monitoring the species identity of cell cultures
Beschreibung:Date Completed 26.07.2002
Date Revised 10.12.2019
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1940-9818