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K 562 (human, Caucasian, pleural effusion, leukemia, chronic myeloid)


IZSBS catalog code: BS TCL 33
Continuous culture, grown as suspension
lymphoblast-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (female, 53 years old) Karyology: 2n = 46 in 50 cells
TISSUE/ORGAN: pleural effusion
TUMOR: leukemia, chronic myeloid
DEPOSITOR: obtained from ATCC
PROPERTIES: highly sensitive in vitro target for the natural killer assay; expressing xenobiotic metabolising enzymes; undifferentiated

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 243

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