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HeLa S3 (human, Black, cervix, carcinoma, epitheloid)


Monoclonal continuous culture, grown as suspension
epithelial morphology
SPECIES: human, Black (female, 31 years old) Karyology: modal number 68
TISSUE/ORGAN: cervix
TUMOR: carcinoma, epitheloid
Original line: HeLa
non tumorigenic
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 5 * poliovirus 1 * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
PROPERTIES: toxicity screening; virology; bacterial adhesiveness; bacterial invasiveness; enzymology; tumorigenicity

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 2.2, ECACC: 87110901, ICLC: HTL95020

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Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro,
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