KB

Version 4.0.200811

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KB (human, Caucasian, mouth, carcinoma, squamous cell)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, Adult) Karyology: modal number 74-78
TISSUE/ORGAN: mouth
TUMOR: carcinoma, squamous cell
Original line: Hela
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 3 * herpes simplex * influenza * poliovirus 1 * vaccinia
PROPERTIES: nutrition; metabolism; chemotherapeutic agents; tumorigenicity; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (MWIIW, Moscow)
mycoplasma positive
HeLa markers. At the moment the availability of this cell line is not sure

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 17, IZSBS: BS TCL34, ECACC: 94050408, DSMZ: ACC 136, ICLC: HTL96014

Bibliographic references:

Arch Virol 1980;66:309 - PMID: 7447707
In Vitro 1978;14:469-475 - PMID: 566722
Nature 1976;259:211-213 - PMID: 1250349
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1955;89:362
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1965;120:361 - PMID: 4285453