Is there a PCR specific for 293T cells?

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Saleh Alkarim

Hello

look at these methods in attachment & links and choice the best for your experiment

Good Luck

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755891/

http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/bloodjournal/suppl/2014/01/21/blood-2013-03-489575.DC1/blood-2013-03-489575-1.pdf?sso-checked=true

Caner Geyik

Here is the STR (short tandem repeats) profile of 293T cells:

http://www.lgcstandards-atcc.org/products/all/CRL-3216.aspx?geo_country=tr#specifications

You can design differential primers for this cell line. Or if you have funds, commercially available services can do it for you.