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Cell line name | MOLT-4 |
Accession number | ICLC HTL99025 |
Brief description | Species: human; Tissue: peripheral blood; Tumor: leukemia, T cell |
Description | Species: human male 19 years old; Tissue: peripheral blood; Tumor: leukemia, T cell; Derived from: a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in relapse |
Depositor | Dr G. Canti, Pharmacology Dept, Milan, Italy |
Reference paper | J Natl Cancer Inst 1972;49:891-895 - PMID: 4567231 |
Morphology and growth | continuous culture, grown in suspension, morphology round cells, single or in clumps, lymphoblast-like |
Culture conditions | RPMI 1640 + 20% FBS + 2mM L-Glutamine; maintain cultures between 5-10 x 10^5 cells/ml; split 1:3-1:6; 37C, 5% CO2. |
Properties | G->A mutation at codon 248 of the p53; CD1+ CD2+ CD3+ CD4+ CD5+ CD6+ CD7+ CD19- EBV-; high level of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase |
Distribution | Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only |
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Species validation | Validated by HLA-DP beta: confirmed as human by PCR |
Freezing medium | 90% FBS + 10% DMSO |
Validation assays | Identification confirmed by Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profile. |
Further bibliography | J Natl Cancer Inst 1980;65;715:718 - DOI: 10.1093/jnci/65.4.715
- PMID: 6932523
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1990;87:7555-7559 - DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1966.sp007992 - PMID: 16992228 |