ZR-75-30 (original) (raw)

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ZR-75-30 (human, Black, breast, carcinoma, ductal)

SPECIES: human, Black
TISSUE/ORGAN: breast
TUMOR: carcinoma, ductal

ECACC catalog code: 88113004
Morphology: Epithelial
Description: Human Negroid breast carcinoma
Viruses: See Properties
Depositor: Dr P Wilton-Smith, PHLS CAMR, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK
No restrictions. Patent: None Specified By Depositor
Properties: Applications: Tumourigenicity studies

Available in the following LABORATORY:

• Part of the Business Division of the Health Protection Agency (ECACC, Salisbury, Wiltshire)
  RPMI 1640 + 2mM Glutamine + 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS). Split confluent cultures 1:2 to 1:3 i.e. seeding at 2-5x10,000 cells/cm2 using 0.25% trypsin; 5% CO2; 37C.
  Passages: 10; Derived from ascitic fluid of a 47 year old Negro woman with infiltrating ductal carcinoma.
  Research council deposit: No; Price Code: C;
  Validated by: isoenzymes (species confirmation)

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1504

Bibliographic references:

• Cancer Res 1978;38:3352-3364 - PMID: 688225
• Cancer Res 1978;38:4327-4339 - PMID: 212193

See homonymous cell lines in other collections and catalogues.