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. 1982 Mar;18(3 Pt 1):220-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF02618574.

Biological characteristics and viral susceptibility of a stable dog kidney cell line

A H Fieldsteel, W A Nelson-Rees, M J Colston

Biological characteristics and viral susceptibility of a stable dog kidney cell line

A H Fieldsteel et al. In Vitro. 1982 Mar.

Abstract

A cell line derived in 1956 from normal dog kidney is described. The cells are epithelial, contact-inhibited, and can be maintained in the same culture vessels for period of more than 2.5 yr. Karyologically, the cells are hypodiploid with a modal number of 72 as opposed to the diploid number of 78. The karyotype indicates male origin of the cells and clonal derivation of extant cultures due to the presence of two marker chromosomes in all metaphases observed. At the 159th passage the dog kidney (DK) cells did not produce tumors in athymic rats. At least 13 viruses of various types produced transmissible cytopathogenic effects in the DK cells, including all of the human influenza viruses investigated.

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