ENCBS200HLU / cell line

Summary

Status
released
Term name
U2OS
Summary
Homo sapiens U2OS cell line
Description
osteosarcoma from the tibia of a 15 year old, J. Ponten and E. Saksela derived this line (originally 2T) in 1964 from a moderately differentiated sarcoma, viruses were not detected during co-cultivation with WI-38 cells or in CF tests against SV40, RSV or adenoviruses, mycoplasma contamination was detected and eliminated in 1972, (PMID: 6081590)
Product ID
HTB-96

Attribution

ENCODE2 project
Lab
Peggy Farnham, USC
Award PI
Michael Snyder, Stanford
Submitted by
Aditi Narayanan
Source
ATCC
Project
ENCODE

Donor information

Status
released
Accession
ENCDO000ADP
Aliases
encode:donor of U2OS
Species
Homo sapiens
Life stage
child
Age
15 years
Sex
female
Health status
osteosarcoma
Ethnicity
European

Documents

growth protocol
Description: Cell Culture Protocol for U2OS cells
Submitted by
Peggy Farnham
Lab
Peggy Farnham, USC