Abstract
The development of in vitro systems for the culture of human epithelial cells has aided the study of epithelial cell transformation by the epitheliotrophic papilloma-viruses (1). Although long-term proliferation of keratinocytes in vitro can now be achieved, the tissue-culture environment is not optimal for differentiation, hampering the study of virus:cell interactions in differentiating epithelial cells.
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Dawson, C.W., Young, L.S. (2001). In Vitro Assays to Study Epithelial Cell Differentiation. In: Wilson, J.B., May, G.H.W. (eds) Epstein-Barr Virus Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 174. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-227-9:173
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