Sericin, a protein derived from silkworms, accelerates the proliferation of several mammalian cell lines including a hybridoma

Cytotechnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 3-12

  Terada, Satoshi ^a   Nishimura, Taeko ^a   Sasaki, Masahiro ^b   Yamada, Hideyuki ^b   Miki, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Seiren Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

HeLa; HepG2; Hybridoma; Proliferation; Sericin; Serum free medium

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERICIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH STIMULATION; HELA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDOMA CELL CULTURE; KIDNEY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SILKWORM;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; BOVINAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0037560884     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023993400608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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