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MOLT-4

MOLT-4

Catalogue No.

85011413

Cell Line Name

MOLT-4

Cell Line Description

A suspension culture derived from the peripheral blood of a 19 year old male with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in relapse. A stable T-cell leukaemia that forms rosettes with sheep erythrocytes.

Characteristics

Tissue of Origin

Blood

Karyotype

Modal no. 95; hypertetraploid

Applications

Tumourigenicity studies

Disease

Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Culture Conditions

Cell Type

Lymphoblastoid

Subculture Routine

Maintain cultures between 3-9x100,000 cells/ml; 5% CO₂; 37°C.

Culture Medium

RPMI 1640 + 2mM Glutamine + 10% Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS).

Growth Mode

Suspension

Additional Info

Depositor

Prof H Harris/Dr R Sutherland, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford

Country of Origin

United Kingdom

Hazard Group (ACDP)

Hazard Group (ACDP) 2

Applications

References

J Nat Cancer Inst 1972;49:891; Nature 1979;279:243

Bibliography

Abaan OD, Polley EC, Davis SR, Zhu YJ, Bilke S, Walker RL, Pineda M, Gindin Y, Jiang Y, Reinhold WC, Holbeck SL, Simon RM, Doroshow JH, Pommier Y, Meltzer PS.2013 The exomes of the NCI-60 panel: a genomic resource for cancer biology and systems pharmacology. Cancer Res. 73(14):4372-82. PMID: 23856246.

Available Formats

  • Frozen
  • DNA-5µg (100ng/µl)

If use of this culture results in a scientific publication, it should be cited in the publication as: MOLT-4 (ECACC 85011413).

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