Can someone share the methodology for syncytial assay?

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Peter C Charles

Check out the articles posted by S. R. S. Rangan:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/18816521_Syncytial_giant_cell_focus_assay_for_viruses_derived_from_feline_leukemia_and_a_simian_sarcoma

Article Syncytial Giant Cell Focus Assay for Viruses Derived from Fe...

Guenther Keil

may be These references help:

1. Viral glycoprotein-mediated cell fusion assays using vaccinia virus vectors.

Bossart KN, Broder CC. Methods Mol Biol. 2004;269:309-32. Review.

2. A Cell-Cell Fusion Assay to Monitor HIV-1 Env Interactions with Chemokine Receptors.

Edinger AL, Doms RW.

Methods Mol Med. 1999;17:41-9. doi: 10.1385/0-89603-369-4:41.

Good luck,

Guenther