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CELLULAR LINEAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A population of animal cells that develops on repeated secondary cultivation.

OBS

It arises from a cell strain when some cells become altered; their morphology changes, they grow faster, and they are able to start a culture from only a few cells.

OBS

This is a general term applied to a defined population of cells which has been maintained in a culture for an extended period and which has usually undergone a spontaneous process of transformation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Population de cellules d'un type donné capables de se diviser en culture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Citología
  • Biotecnología
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