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COS-7 (monkey, African green, kidney)


ICLC catalog code: ATL96005
Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
fibroblast-like morphology
SPECIES: monkey, African green
TISSUE/ORGAN: kidney
Original line: CV-1
TRANSFORMED BY: SV40
DEPOSITOR: Dr T. Florio, Neuroscience Dept, ABC, Genoa, Italy
Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only
PROPERTIES: The line contains T antigen. Suitable for transfection by vectors requiring expression of SV40 T antigen.

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: IZSBS: BS CL103, ECACC: 87021302, DSMZ: ACC 60

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