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This cell line was initiated in October of 1991 from a patient of French-Canadian descent with no family history of ovarian cancer.
Clinical Data
female
Oncogene p53 + (wild type)
Genes Expressed
keratin
Cellular Products
keratin
Tumorigenic Yes
Effects
Yes, form colonies in soft agar
Yes, the cells are tumorigenic in nude mice
Comments
Like OV-90 (ATCC CRL-11732), the OV-21G (ATCC CRL-11730) cell line exhibits a deletion at chromosome 3p24. The TOV-112D (ATCC CRL-11731) cell line does not exhibit a deletion at chromosome 3p24.