What are the most comprehensive information sources on biochemical and cell-based assays?

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Anton Beletskii

One good source is Assay Guidance Manual:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53196/

It's an online resource published by NIH and Eli Lilly.

Pavel V Pogodin

Anton, thank you for the valuable source.

Franklin P Spriggs

Another good source, specifically related to cell culturing is the guidance on good cell culture practice.

https://eurl-ecvam.jrc.ec.europa.eu/about-ecvam/archive-publications/publication/GCCPtaskforcereport2.pdf/view

Franklin, thank you. Article's additional references are great.