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McA-RH7777 (rat, buffalo, liver, hepatoma)


Monoclonal continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: rat, buffalo (female)
TISSUE/ORGAN: liver
TUMOR: hepatoma
Derived from: Morris hepatoma 7777
tumorigenic and metastatic in syngeneic animals
Cell line available under some conditions.
PROPERTIES: albumin prod.; fetoprotein alpha prod.; steroid hormones sensitive; tumorigenicity; toxicity screening; cytotoxicity; xenobiotic metabolism

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1601, ICLC: ATL00002

Bibliographic references:

McA-RH7777 (rat, buffalo, liver, hepatoma)


Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: rat, buffalo (female)
TISSUE/ORGAN: liver
TUMOR: hepatoma
Original line: Morris hepatoma 7777
tumorigenic and metastatic in syngeneic animals
PROPERTIES: albumin prod.; fetoprotein alpha prod.; steroid hormones sensitive; tumorigenicity; toxicity screening; cytotoxicity; xenobiotic metabolism

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1601, ICLC: ATL00002

Bibliographic references:




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