Macrophage scavenger receptor confers an adherent phenotype to cells in culture.

doi:10.2144/98252st04

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Macrophage scavenger receptor confers an adherent phenotype to cells in culture.

BioTechniques - 1 Aug 1998

Robbins A K, Horlick R A

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Several cell lines have become widely used in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and academic laboratories because of their desirable characteristics. Among these, the human embryonic kidney cell line HEK293 is one of the most versatile and powerful for expression of recombinant proteins, permitting t...

Topics

Cell Adhesion
Cell Adhesion Molecules
Cell Culture Techniques
Cell Division
Cell Line
Humans
Kidney
Macrophages
Phenotype
Receptors, Immunologic
Receptors, Scavenger
Recombinant Proteins
Scavenger Receptors, Class A

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