Human cell line

[Wolfgang Schechinger]

Dear Eugene, 

Of course it depends on what you want to prove - I forgot to mention 
this issue. 
When testing plasmids for overexpression 293s perform  great, at 
least for my constructs, before I throw them on limited 
and difficult material like primary cultures.

Wo

> 
> 
> Wolfgang Schechinger wrote:
> 
> > I'd use 293 HEK (human embryonal kidney cells). They grow faster
> > that you can split them under almost any conditions and are
> > easiliy transfected with calcium phosphate methods.
> >
> > Just a thought,
> >
> > Wolfgang
> 
> Since 293 cells are highly transformed by viral oncogenes, I would
> doubt that they have "stable, diploid karyotype" .
> 
> Just another thought.
> 
> Eugene.
> 
> 
> 
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