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CER (Syrian hamster/chicken, hybrid kidney/fibroblast)


Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: Syrian hamster/chicken Karyology: chromosomes specific for Syrian hamster karyotype
TISSUE/ORGAN: hybrid kidney/fibroblast
Original line: BHK-21
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus * herpes simplex * rabies * reovirus 3 * rubella * vaccinia * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
PROPERTIES: virology

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Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro,
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Email: assunta.manniello@istge.it