Cell Line: NAMALWA
Cell description: Human
Burkitts lymphoma
Culture
medium: RPMI
1640 with sodium bicarbonate, 2 mM L-glutamine, 1,0 mM sodium pyruvate and 10%
FBS
Subculture routine: Maintain
cultures between 3 to 9 x 105 cells/ml;
A maximum density of 2 x
106 cells/ml is possible.
Incubate at 5% CO2,
37¡C
Morphology: Lymphoblast
Karyotype: 2n
= 46
Sterility: Tests
for Mycoplasma, bacteria and fungi were negative
Biosafety Level: 1
Depositor: Obtained
from ATCC
Reference: Int
J Cancer, (1972), 10, 44; Int J Cancer, (1973), 12, 396;
Antimicro Agents Chemother, (1979), 15, 420
ECACC
number: 87060801
ATCC
designation: CRL
1432