Cell line cross-contamination: KB is not an oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-91

  Jiang, Lu ^a   Zeng, Xin ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a   Chen, Qianming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPIDERMIS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 58449103581     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00599.x     Document Type: Letter

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