Genetic variability in a frozen batch of MCF-7 cells invisible in routine authentication affecting cell function

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kleensang, Andre ^a   Vantangoli, Marguerite M ^b   Odwin Dacosta, Shelly ^a   Andersen, Melvin E ^c   Boekelheide, Kim ^b   Bouhifd, Mounir ^a   Fornace, Albert J ^d   Li, Heng Hong ^d   Livi, Carolina B ^e   Madnick, Samantha ^b   Maertens, Alexandra ^a   Rosenberg, Michael ^e   Yager, James D ^f   Zhaog, Liang ^a   Hartung, Thomas ^a,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MCF-7 CELL LINE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84979515493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep28994     Document Type: Article

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