Regulatory agencies require genetic stability tests on cell banks used for biologicals development and manufacturing. Avance Biosciences™ offers a series of molecular and microbial assays for testing the genetic stability of Master Cell Banks (MCB), Working Cell Banks (WCB) and End of Production Cells (EOPC).

Sequencing of
Expression Construct

High quality cDNA sequencing with a 2-fold coverage on both DNA strand is offered as part of cell line identity and stability tests.

Copy Number
Variation Analysis

This service determines the average copy number of a plasmid in a cell. The ABI 7900HT Sequence Detection System is used to measure the quantities of the plasmid and the host DNA present in a cell line sample.

Structure Analysis
by Southern Blot

Restriction enzyme digestion of cell line DNA followed by Southern blotting is used to evaluate genetic stability of the integration site of an expression construct.

Lytic and Lysogenic
Phage Detection

Services are designed to test the presence or absence of lytic phage and prophage contaminants in E. coli bacterial cell banks. –  Application Note – Phage Testing of Bacterial Cultures

Transcript Analysis
by Northern Blot

This service is offered to detect the presence of an expressed transcript containing a sequence of interest. The size of the transcript will be estimated and the presence of partial transcripts will be reported.

Marker Retention/Plasmid loss
by Antibiotic Resistance

This service is offered to determine the percentage of cells in a cell line sample that contain a selectable marker such as antibiotic resistance.

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