End-point Dilution and Plaque Assay Methods for Titration of Cricket Paralysis Virus in Cultured Drosophila Cells
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Virology
- Vol. 35 (2) , 393-396
- https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-35-2-393
Abstract
Cricket paralysis virus, an insect picorna-like virus, caused a distinct c.p.e. [cytopathic effect] in cultured D. melanogaster cells, allowing the development of titration methods based on end-point dilution or plaque assay methods. The end-point dilution (TCD50 [median tissue culture dose]) method is more sensitive and economical than plaque assays and is easily scored. The data indicate a minimum infectivity/particle ratio of .apprx. 1/2000.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Differentiation of larval drosophila eye‐antennal Discs in VitroJournal of Experimental Zoology, 1964