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Whitaker AM, Hayward CJ. The characterization of three monkey kidney cell lines. Dev. Biol. Stand. 60: 125-131, 1985. PubMed: 4043530
MA-104 was developed by initial explant culture and subsequent passage by enzymatic dissociation at Microbiological Associates from embryonic Rhesus monkey kidney tissue. Chromosome and isoenzyme analysis of the cells distributed by some sources showed that the species of origin was African green monkey (PubMed: 4043530). In May of 1994, M.M. Vincent deposited ampules of MA-104 at passage 3 at the ATCC. At passage 16 and higher, presence of both African green monkey and Rhesus monkey cells were detected by isoenzyme analysis. An African green monkey pure cell population was isolated at the ATCC by cloning MA-104. (ATCC CRL-2378). This line is available as MA-104 clone 1 (CRL-2378.1).
