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. 1999 Nov;73(11):9690-1.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.73.11.9690-9691.1999.

Incorrect us of "immortalization" for B-lymphoblastoid cell lines transformed by Epstein-Barr virus

M Sugimoto, Y Furuichi, T Ide, M Goto

Incorrect us of "immortalization" for B-lymphoblastoid cell lines transformed by Epstein-Barr virus

M Sugimoto et al. J Virol. 1999 Nov.
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FIG. 1
FIG. 1
The vertical axis indicates life spans in PDLs of mortal LCLs and the present PDLs of immortalized cell lines. Blue circles indicate mortal LCLs from healthy (normal) individuals; purple circles indicate mortal LCLs from WS patients; red circles indicate LCLs with a strong telomerase activity. Arrows mean immortalization. This figure shows our latest results (3, 5, 6). LCLs of blue and purple circles had poor to moderate telomerase activities, except for those with asterisks, which were not determined. The average life spans of mortal cells are indicated by horizontal bars. The horizontal dotted line indicates the limit of life spans of mortal cells (160 PDLs).
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