| Literature DB >> 535917 |
R F Schuman, R J Pienta, J A Poiley, W B Lebherz.
Abstract
Eighteen lots of fetal bovine serum were tested for their ability to support clonal growth and 3-methylcholanthrene-induced morphological transformation of hamster embryo cells in vitro. Most of them supported cloning efficiencies of over 11%. However, cloning efficiency alone was an inadequate criterion for selecting serum for transformation studies, since no transformation was observed with some lots, even though their cloning efficiencies were over 16%. This shows the importance of pretesting serum for its ability to support morphological transformation before it is used in mammalian cell carcinogenesis tests.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 535917 DOI: 10.1007/BF02618253
Source DB: PubMed Journal: In Vitro ISSN: 0073-5655