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A-427 (human, Caucasian, lung, carcinoma)


IZSBS catalog code: TCL 120
Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
Epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, 52 years old) Karyology: 2n =46 in 50 cells
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung
TUMOR: carcinoma
DEPOSITOR: obtained from ATCC

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: HTB 53, DSMZ: ACC 234

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A-427 (human, Caucasian, lung, carcinoma)


Monoclonal continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, 52 years old)
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung
TUMOR: carcinoma
tumorigenic in nude mice
PROPERTIES: antitumour testing; cytotoxicity

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: HTB 53, DSMZ: ACC 234, IZSBS: TCL 120

Bibliographic references:




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