title: Characterization and authentication of cancer cell lines: an overview.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK Oncology Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Langdon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D002453:Cell Cycle; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019070:Cell Lineage; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*