The Importance of Physiologically Relevant Cell Lines for Studying Virus–Host Interactions
Viruses interact intimately with the host cell at nearly every stage of replication, and the cell model that is chosen to study virus infection is critically important. Although primary cells reflect the phenotype of healthy cells in vivo better than cell lines, their limited lifespan makes experime...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Viruses |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/11/297 |