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BCRJ: 0050
Cell Line: BHK-21(C-13)
Tissue:
Organ: KIDNEY
Cell Type: B LYMPHOCYTE
Morphology: FIBROBLAST
Pathology: NORMAL
Scientific Name: MESOCRICETUS AURATUS
Vulgar Name: HAMSTER; GOLDEN SYRIAN HAMSTER
Sex:
Miscelaneous Info: NEONATAL
Virus Succeptibility: ADENOVIRUS 25; HERPES SIMPLEX; REOVIRUS 3; VESICUL
Virus Resistance: POLIOVIRUS 2
Tumor Formation:
Products:
Dependency Isoenzymes:
Culture Medium: Dulbecco's MEM 90%, fetal bovine serum 10%. Subculture procedure: standard trypsinization technique. A split ratio 1:5 is recomended. Doubling time: ca. 32-50 hours
Consigner: Leda dos Reis Castilho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, COPPE, Laboratory Cell Culture Technology Centro de Tecnologia Bloco G sala 116 55 21 2562.8336
Reference: Virology 16: 147-151, 1962. MacPherson et al., Virology 16: 147-151 (1962), PubMed ID 14468055 MacPherson, J Natl Cancer Inst 30: 795-811 (1963),
Additional Info: Although generally considered to be fibroblast, BHK cell line bears a number of characteristics of the smooth muscle cell lineage. The clone S-13 was selected for good growth in suspension. This is not the frequently used clone BHK-21(C-13). DSMZ no.: ACC 61 Origin: BHK-21 is a subclone (clone 13) of the parental line established from the kidneys of five unsexed, one-day-old hamsters in 1961; cells can be used for virus replication studies
ATCC: CCL-10
Biosafety: 01


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