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  P. Romano, A. Manniello et al. Nucl Acids Res 2009 37:D925-D932.
DOI: doi:10.1093/nar/gkn730; PMID: 18927105

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NAMALWA.CSN/70 (human, African, lymphoma, Burkitt)


SPECIES: human, African
TUMOR: lymphoma, Burkitt

DSMZ catalog code: ACC 70
Morphology: lymphoblastoid, single cells or small clusters, in suspension
Description: human Burkitt's lymphoma established from the tumor mass of an African child with Burkitt's lymphoma; this variant subline from the original NAMALWA (DSM ACC 24) was described to be characterized by differential expression of immunoglobulin and c-myc genes and of certain cell surface antigens (see reference); cells were reported to harbor a retrovirus of simian origin, SMRV-H confirmed as human with IEF of AST, MDH, NP
Viruses: ELISA: reverse transcriptase positive; PCR: EBV+, HBV-, HCV-, HHV-8-, HIV-, HTLV-I/II-
Depositor: Dr. K. Guy, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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If you want to cite CLDB and HyperCLDB, please use the following reference:

P. Romano, A. Manniello, O. Aresu, M. Armento, M. Cesaro, B. Parodi.
Cell Line Data Base: structure and recent improvements towards molecular authentication of human cell lines.
Nucleic Acids Research 2009 37(Database issue):D925-D932.
DOI: doi:10.1093/nar/gkn730; PMID: 18927105