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RD (human, Caucasian, muscle, rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal)


Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
spindle-shaped morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (female, 7 years old) Karyology: modal number 50;microchromosomes, chr. association
TISSUE/ORGAN: muscle
TUMOR: rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal
Susceptibility to viruses: Coxsackie A * enterovirus * herpes simplex 1 * poliovirus 1 * vaccinia * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
PROPERTIES: protein secr.; myoglobin ATPase activity; myosin ATPase activity; genetics; nucleic acids; tumorigenicity; differentiation; cell biology; protein

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 136, ECACC: 85111502

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