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LNCaP.FGC (human, Caucasian, prostate, adenocarcinoma)


Grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, 50 years old)
TISSUE/ORGAN: prostate
TUMOR: adenocarcinoma
tumorigenic in nude mice
PROPERTIES: biochemical markers; prostatic acid phosphatase prod.; prostate specific antigen; androgen receptor; biochemistry; receptor; enzymology; tumorigenicity

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1740, ICLC: HTL99011, IZSBS: BS TCL 148

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