title: Generic sample from Homo sapiens
organism: Homo sapiens
description: K562 is an immortalized cell line produced from a female patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). It is a widely used model for cell biology, biochemistry, and erythropoiesis. It grows well, is transfectable, and represents the mesoderm linage. Cells will be obtained from the America Type Culture Collection (ATCC) [atcc.org] (ATCC Number CCL-243).