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CHO-K1 (hamster, Chinese, ovary)


Monoclonal continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: hamster, Chinese Karyology: hypodiploid, modal number 20
TISSUE/ORGAN: ovary
Derived from: CHO
Susceptibility to viruses: arbovirus * Getah arbovirus * mengovirus * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
PROPERTIES: genetics; nutrition; transfection; toxicity screening; cell biology; virology; cytotoxicity; bacterial cytotoxicity; gene expression

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 61, ECACC: 85051005, DSMZ: ACC 110, ICLC: ATL98003

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