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SUBMITTER: Eltonsy N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3772516 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eltonsy Névine N Gabisi Vivian V Li Xuesong X Russe K Blair KB Mills Gordon B GB Stemke-Hale Katherine K
International journal of cancer 20120412 6
Cell lines are an important tool in understanding all aspects of cancer growth, development, metastasis and tumor cell death. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of cell lines and diversity of the cancers they represent; however, misidentification and cross-contamination of cell lines can lead to erroneous conclusions. One method that has gained favor for authenticating cell lines is the use of short tandem repeats (STR) to generate a unique DNA profile. The challenge in validating ...[more]