CELL LINES

Contributor Information
- Name Steven Grant
- Institute Virginia Commonwealth University
Tool Details
- Tool name: Human Imatinib Mesylate-Resistant Leukemia Cell Line
- Tool type: Cell Lines
- Tool sub-type: Continuous
- Parental cell line: BV173
- Organism: Human
- Cancer type: Blood cancer; Blood cancer
- Disease: Cancer
- Description: The human ALL cell line, named BV173, was altered to be imatinib resistant and contains the most frequently observed mutation (E255K) responsible for drug resistance in patients.
- Research area: Cancer
- For Research Use Only
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References
- • Cormack et al. 1992. J Mol Biol. 228(4):1078-90. PMID: 1474579.
- • Structural requirements for the processing of Escherichia coli 5 S ribosomal RNA by RNase E in vitro.