Drosophila cell culture

[David Lampe]

In article <genecutl-140294140007 at kos2mac16.berkeley.edu>,
genecutl at mendel.berkeley.edu (gc) wrote:
> 
> 
> Does anybody know the origins of the Schneider cell and Kc cell lines?
> I would really appreciate any references on the original cloning of these
> cell lines (my lit searches have turned up nothing).
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> --gc
>  

I beleive the origin of Kc cells are embryonic cells, specifically those of
the haemopoetic organ.  Peter or Lucy Cherbas have a paper somewhere noting
this but I can't lay my hands on the citation.

David Lampe
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Dept. Entomology
University of Illinois
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Urbana, IL  61801
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