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Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell
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Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell
A line of fibroblasts isolated in 1958, which is used in research, grows well in culture, and spontaneously transforms to a malignant morphology, due to cytoskeletal disorganization


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1) Other major advances in biologics included the following: * continuous cell lines such as Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and myeloma cells (NSO and SP2/0) * the commercial production of an inactivated Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine in baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells.
Recothrom is a coagulation protein produced via recombinant DNA technology from a genetically modified Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line.
Generation of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Stably Overexpressing Proprotein Convertase 7.
 
 
 
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