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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


3T3 (mouse, Swiss albino, fibroblast)


SPECIES: mouse, Swiss albino
TISSUE/ORGAN: fibroblast

DSMZ catalog code: ACC 173
Morphology: fibroblasts growing adherently as monolayer with contact inhibition
Description: Swiss albino mouse fibroblasts established from disaggregated Swiss albino mouse embryos in 1962; cells are used for transfection studies with DNA viruses and as assay system for transformation studies; cells have a high sensitivity to contact inhibition (= ATCC CCL 92) confirmed as mouse with IEF of AST, LDH, PEP B
Viruses: ELISA: reverse transcriptase negative
Depositor: Dr. J. Wehland, GBF, Braunschweig, Germany
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Availability in cell line catalogues: ICLC: ATL95002, IZSBS: BS CL 82

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3T3 (mouse, Swiss albino, embryo)

ICLC catalog code: ATL95002
Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
fibroblast morphology
SPECIES: mouse, Swiss albino
TISSUE/ORGAN: embryo
DEPOSITOR: Obtained from ECACC
Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only
PROPERTIES: Contact inhibited; transfection studies. The cell line is a valuable in vitro host system for oncogenic transformation studies. It is readily transformed by SV40 and polyoma viruses

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Availability in cell line catalogues: DSMZ: ACC 173, IZSBS: BS CL 82

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IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10 - I-16132 Genova - Italy
Dott.ssa Paola Visconti
Email: paola.visconti@hsanmartino.it

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