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A-431 (human, skin, carcinoma, squamous cell)


Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human (female, 85 years old)
TISSUE/ORGAN: skin
TUMOR: carcinoma, squamous cell
PROPERTIES: EGF receptor expression; growth factors; cell cycle

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1555, DSMZ: ACC 91

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