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Cell line name | BT-549 |
Accession number | ICLC HTL02006 |
Brief description | Species: human, Caucasian; Tissue: breast; Tumor: carcinoma, ductal |
Description | Species: human, Caucasian female 72 year old; Tissue: breast; Tumor: carcinoma, ductal; Derived from: papillary, invasive ductal tumor |
Depositor | Dr L. Lanfrancone, Experimental Oncology Dept, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy |
Reference paper | Unknown |
Morphology and growth | continuous culture, grown as monolayer, morphology epithelial with multi-nucleated giant cells |
Culture conditions | DMEM + 10% FBS + 2mM L-Glutamine; Split confluent cultures 1:3-1:4 using trypsin/EDTA, 37C, 5% CO2 |
Distribution | Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only |
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Freezing medium | Culture medium + 50% FBS + 10% DMSO |
Validation assays | Identification confirmed by Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profile. Multiplex PCR: tested against human, rat, mouse primers. Confirmed as human with cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox I) primers |
Further bibliography | Cancer Res 1997;57:5386-5390 - PMID: 9393764
Cancer Res 1997;57:5441-5445 - PMID: 9407946 |