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WI 26 VA 4 (human, Caucasian, lung, embryonic)


IZSBS catalog code: BS CL 89
Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male) Karyology: 2n = 46 in 40 cells
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung, embryonic
TRANSFORMED BY: SV40
Endogenous viruses: contains SV40
Susceptibility to viruses: herpes simplex * poliovirus 2 * Sindbis * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
DEPOSITOR: obtained from ATCC
PROPERTIES: transformation; virology

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 95.1

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