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COS-1 (monkey, African green, kidney)


Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
fibroblast-like morphology
SPECIES: monkey, African green
TISSUE/ORGAN: kidney
Original line: CV-1
TRANSFORMED BY: 25
PROPERTIES: transfection; virus replication

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1650, IZSBS: BS CL95, ECACC: 88031701, DSMZ: ACC 63, ICLC: ATL01002

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COS-1 (monkey, African green, kidney)


DSMZ catalog code: ACC 63
SPECIES: monkey, African green
TISSUE/ORGAN: kidney
TRANSFORMED BY: 25

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1650, IZSBS: BS CL95, ECACC: 88031701, ICLC: ATL01002

Bibliographic references:

COS-1 (monkey, African green, kidney)


ECACC catalog code: 88031701
SPECIES: monkey, African green
TISSUE/ORGAN: kidney
TRANSFORMED BY: 25

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1650, IZSBS: BS CL95, DSMZ: ACC 63, ICLC: ATL01002

Bibliographic references:

COS-1 (monkey, African green, kidney)


ICLC catalog code: ATL01002
Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
fibroblast morphology
SPECIES: monkey, African green
TISSUE/ORGAN: kidney
Original line: CV-1
TRANSFORMED BY: 25
DEPOSITOR: Dr A. De Lerma Barbaro, Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only
PROPERTIES: This 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 CL95, ECACC: 88031701, DSMZ: ACC 63

Bibliographic references:




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