Immortalised cell line
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immortalised-cell-line-169-14152888
title:
Immortalised cell line
text:
An immortalised cell line is a population of cells from a multicellular organism that would normally not proliferate indefinitely but, due to mutation, have evaded normal cellular senescence and instead can keep undergoing division. The cells can therefore be grown for prolonged periods in vitro. The mutations required for immortality can occur naturally or be intentionally induced for experimental purposes. Immortal cell lines are a very important tool for research into the biochemistry and cel
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description:
Lineage of cells that evades senescence and continues dividing
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortalised_cell_line
date created:
2011-03-06T17:16:51Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T14:02:01Z
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