Biological characteristics of cell lines derived from the respiratory tract of a bovine foetus.
Bovine foetal cell lines were derived from foetal bovine lung, foetal bovine nose and foetal bovine trachea and kept in serial cultivation for 2 years. During their development they showed marked changes in morphological and growth characteristics of the cells accompanied by changes in the karyotype. The FBL line consisting of fibroblasts as well as the epithelial to epitheloid cultures of FBN and FBT have shown a good capacity to grow in vitro.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002452:Cell Count; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005347:Fibroblasts; D007621:Karyotyping; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000196:embryology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000196:embryology*