title: Inter- and intraspecies contamination of human breast tumor cell lines HBC and BrCa5 and other cell cultures.
abstract: It is shown that the two most recently reported cell lines derived from malignant human breast tissue, HBC and BrCa5 are, respectively, rat and HeLa cell contaminants. The incidence of inter- and intraspecies contamination among 279 cell cultures from 45 laboratories in an 18-month survey is also presented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002460:Cell Line; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase