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Y-79 (human, Caucasian, retina, retinoblastoma)


SPECIES: human, Caucasian
TISSUE/ORGAN: retina
TUMOR: retinoblastoma

DSMZ catalog code: ACC 246
Morphology: cells grow in clusters in suspension
Description: human retinoblastoma established from the primary tumor (right eye) of a 2-year-old Caucasian girl in 1971 confirmed as human with IEF of MDH, NP
Viruses: ELISA: reverse transcriptase negative; PCR: EBV-, HBV-, HCV-, HHV-8-, HIV-, HTLV-I/II-
Depositor: Dr. H. G. Drexler, DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany
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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: HTB 18

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