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PK(15) (pig, kidney)


Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: pig
TISSUE/ORGAN: kidney
Original line: PK-2a
Endogenous viruses: contains type C
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 4 * adenovirus 5 * Coxsackie B * pseudorabies * reovirus 2 * reovirus 3 * swine fever virus * swine pestis virus * vaccinia * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
PROPERTIES: virus prod.; virus titration; virus replication; chromosome studies

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 33

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