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HT-29 (human, Caucasian, colon, adenocarcinoma, grade II)


Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (female, 44 years old) Karyology: hypertriploid
TISSUE/ORGAN: colon
TUMOR: adenocarcinoma, grade II
tumorigenic in nude mice
Susceptibility to viruses: vesicular stomatitis
PROPERTIES: specialized product secr.; IgA prod.; tumor markers; CEA prod.; antitumour testing; tumorigenicity; differentiation; pharmacodynamics; cloning; cytotoxicity; cell biology; antineoplastic agents sensibility; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: HTB 38, ICLC: HTL99026, IZSBS: BS TCL 132, DSMZ: ACC 299

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