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BHK 21 clone 13 (hamster, golden Syrian, kidney)


IZSBS catalog code: BS CL 8
Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
fibroblast-like morphology
SPECIES: hamster, golden Syrian Karyology: 2n = 44 in 50 cells
TISSUE/ORGAN: kidney
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 25 * foot and mouth disease virus * herpes simplex * pseudorabies * rabies * reovirus 3 * rubella * vaccinia * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
DEPOSITOR: obtained from ATCC
PROPERTIES: transformation; expressing xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 10

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