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BS-C-1 (monkey, African green, kidney)


Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: monkey, African green
TISSUE/ORGAN: kidney
Susceptibility to viruses: herpes simplex * influenza * measles * parainfluenza * poliovirus 1 * respiratory syncytial virus * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
PROPERTIES: interferon, monkey, susceptibility; virology; interferon induction; viral diagnostics

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 26

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