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HEK293 Cells
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Definition
: A cell line generated from human embryonic kidney cells that were tranformed with human adenovirus type 5.
almost always NIM with no qualifiers; check the tag HUMAN; do not routinely add KIDNEY or EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN
Other names
HEK293 Cell; HEK 293 Cell; Cells, HEK293; Cells, HEK 293; Cell, HEK 293; Human Kidney Cell Line 293; HEK 293 Cells; HEK 293 Cell Line; Cell, HEK293