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dc.contributor.authorSykes, Melissa L
dc.contributor.authorAvery, Vicky M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:32:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:32:49Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-10-13T09:59:30Z
dc.identifier.issn0002-9637
dc.identifier.doi10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/29642
dc.description.abstractThere is an urgent need for new compounds for the drug development pipeline for treatment of patients with African sleeping sickness. One approach for identifying such compounds is by high throughput screening (HTS) of compound collections. For time and cost considerations, there is a need for the development of an assay that uses at least 384-well formats. To our knowledge, there are currently no viability assays for whole cell screening of trypanosomes in the 384-well plate format. We have developed and optimized an Alamar Blue viability assay in a 384-well format for Trypanosoma brucei brucei bloodstream form strain 427 (BS427). The assay had a Z' > 0.5 and tolerated a final dimethyl-sulfoxide concentration of 0.42%. Drug sensitivity was compared with those reported from previously developed 96-well methods and was found to be comparable. The sensitivity and cost benefit of the Alamar Blue assay make it an excellent candidate for HTS application.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom665
dc.relation.ispartofpageto674
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofvolume81
dc.rights.retentionN
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode42
dc.titleDevelopment of an Alamar Blue™ viability assay in 384-well format for high throughput whole cell screening of trypanosoma brucei brucei bloodstream form strain 427
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorSykes, Melissa L.
gro.griffith.authorAvery, Vicky M.


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