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Characterization of the DiFi rectal carcinoma cell line derived from a familial adenomatous polyposis patient.
In vitro cellular & developmental biology : journal of the Tissue Culture Association - 1 Mar 1993
Olive M, Untawale S, Coffey R J, Siciliano M J, Wildrick D M, Fritsche H, Pathak S, Cherry L M, Blick M, Lointier P
Abstract excerpt
The DiFi human colorectal cancer cell line was recently established from a familial adenomatous polyposis patient with extracolonic features characteristic of the Gardner syndrome. These cells have now been propagated for 150 passages in standard culture media and vessels without feeder layers or collagen coatings. They retain features of colonic epithelial cells such as surface microvilli, secretory vesicles,...
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