reagent for titering baculovirus

[Sam Lee]

There is a kit put out by Clontech which uses an antibody to titer
baculovirus. I believe it is called BacPak or something like that.

We have used the kit in our lab and found that, though it was much faster
than traditional methods, it was not as precise as plaque assays. Also, it
was, relatively speaking, extremely expensive considering that you couldn't
perform that many assays per kit.

Sam Lee
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samuel.lee at utoronto.ca
Department of Pharmacology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with or grudge against Clontech or any
other company. I just used the kit and am offering a review.


Song Tan wrote in message ...
>I vaguely remembering seeing an ad describing a reagent (probably an
>antibody) to speed up determination of baculoviral titers.  Problem is, I
>don't remember where I saw the ad and I can't remember the company.  Could
>anyone who remembers the ad please give me a lead, even better, could
>someone who has tried it please rate the product?
>
>Many thanks!
>
>--
>Song Tan
>ETH-Honggerberg (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
>CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland