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Selection and Maintenance of Cultured Cells

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In the exploration of basic scientific and translational research concerns, cell culture is a very versatile technique. The uniformity of cell lines and the related reproducibility of information obtained are benefits of using them in scientific study. Because the readout of the desired assay impacts the selection and maintenance of a specific cell line or specific cell culture conditions, this chapter will provide a generalised overview of common mammalian cell culture components and properties that contribute to a suitable cell culture microenvironment. As a result, this chapter describes numerous types of cell culturing cells that are essential for cell proliferation and can be easily applied to a variety of experimental methodologies.

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Jindal, D., Singh, M. (2023). Selection and Maintenance of Cultured Cells. In: Animal Cell Culture: Principles and Practice. Techniques in Life Science and Biomedicine for the Non-Expert. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19485-6_7

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