Synonyms: V79-4
Background: In 1966, E.H.Y. Chu obtained the line from W. Sinclair, and isolated the V79-4 clone.
This cell line was developed by Ford and Yerganian in 1958 from lung tissue of a young male Chinese hamster, and was originally designated Strain V.
A culture at passage 7 after cloning was submitted to the ATCC in July 1988.
Species: Cricetulus griseus, hamster, Chinese
Tissue: lung
Disease: N/A
Gender: male
Morphology: fibroblast
Growth Mode: adherent
Doubling Time: N/A
DNA Profile: N/A
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Culture Medium: DMEM+10%FBS
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Cryopreservation medium: 90%FBS+10%DMSO
Antigen Expression: N/A
Receptor Expression: N/A
Oncogene: N/A
Genes Expressed: N/A
Cellular Products: N/A
Tumor Formation: N/A
Comments: The cells have a high plating efficiency (80%), and a generation time of 12 to 14 hours.
The line was renamed V79 by Elkind in 1958.