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Cell line name | COS-1 |
Accession number | ICLC ATL01002 |
Brief description | Species: monkey, African green; Tissue: kidney; Transformed by: SV40 origin defective mutant; Original line: CV-1 |
Description | Species: monkey, African green; Tissue: kidney; Transformed by: SV40 origin defective mutant; Original line: CV-1 |
Depositor | Dr A. De Lerma Barbaro, Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy. |
Reference paper | Cell 1981;23:175-182 - DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(81)90282-8 - PMID: 6260373 |
Morphology and growth | continuous culture, grown as monolayer, morphology fibroblast |
Culture conditions | DMEM + 10% FBS + 2mM L-Glutamine; split confluent cultures 1:4-1:10 using trypsin/EDTA; 37C, 5% CO2 |
Properties | This line contains T antigen. Suitable for transfection by vectors requiring expression of SV40 T antigen |
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 | PCR analysis: confirmed as African green monkey with cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox I) primers |