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Cells > Cells, Cultured > Cell Line > Cell Line, Transformed

Preferred term

Cell Line, Transformed  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cell Lines, Transformed
  • Transformed Cell Line
  • Transformed Cell Lines

Note

  • almost always NIM with no subheadings; check ANIMALS or HUMAN; do not routinely add tissue or organ

Scope note

  • Eukaryotic cell line obtained in a quiescent or stationary phase which undergoes conversion to a state of unregulated growth in culture, resembling an in vitro tumor. It occurs spontaneously or through interaction with viruses, oncogenes, radiation, or drugs/chemicals.

History note

  • 88

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002461

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