In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow.

BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to establish a culture system and elucidate the unique characteristics of a bovine mammary epithelial cell line in vitro. METHODOLOGY:Mammary tissue from a three year old lactating dairy cow (ca. 100 d relative to parturition) was used as a source of the ep...

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Main Authors: Han Hu, Jiaqi Wang, Dengpan Bu, Hongyang Wei, Linyun Zhou, Fadi Li, Juan J Loor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2768788?pdf=render