GHV-68 Plaque Assay
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Overview
Plaque assay for gHV-68 using 3T12 fibroblasts. Stolen from Virgin lab protocols.
Materials
- Methylcellulose
- X μL reagent 2
- component A (reagent 2 is made up of multiple components)
- component B
- equipment 1
- equipment 2
Procedure
Day 0
- Trypsinize 3T12's (1 confluent T175 will yield approx. 10-40x106,\sup> cells) and resuspend at 2.5-2.5x106<\sup>/ml in DMEM-10.
- Aliquot 2/ml/well (3-5x105 cells/well) into 6-well plates. Don't swirl the cells, as you may end up with all your 3T12's in the center of the well.
- Need one 6-well plate per viral sample. (This will let you test 6 logs of dilution)
- PrepareMethylcellulose, if necessary.
- Freeze/thaw/freeze your viral sample, if necessary.
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References
Relevant papers and books
- Goldbeter A and Koshland DE Jr. An amplified sensitivity arising from covalent modification in biological systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981 Nov;78(11):6840-4. DOI:10.1073/pnas.78.11.6840 |
- JACOB F and MONOD J. Genetic regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of proteins. J Mol Biol. 1961 Jun;3:318-56. DOI:10.1016/s0022-2836(61)80072-7 |
- ISBN:0879697164
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