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Morphological and growth characteristics are described of a rapidly growing cell line with epithelioid and giant-cell characteristics derived from a chondrosarcoma in a male patient 65 years of age. This cell line is of considerable interest because in these cells cross-reacting antigens with known animal oncorna-viruses are present. Biochemically, the cells contain particles with a density of 1-16 with "cores" of density 1'23 associated with a reverse-transcriptase-like enzyme and with 70S RNA. Occasionally, virus-like particles were demonstrated by electron microscope in material derived from the culture medium.
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de Man, J., Snoep, M., Huiskens-van der Meij, J. et al. A new cell line from a human chondrosarcoma. Br J Cancer 35, 403–414 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1977.61
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