National Cancer Institute (source definition)
Cell Culture
General term referring to the maintenance of cell strains or lines in the laboratory.
Review and references
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2026-10-19
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References
- NCI Thesaurus 26.09d — Cell Culture (C16396)
- Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C16396. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0.
- Production of functional sperm from the red seabream (Pagrus major) ovotestis on a xenogeneic zebrafish Sertoli cell line in culture. — Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci, 2026-10-08 (PMID 42844203; literature)
- Corrigendum to "Sequential enzymatic pretreatment and Saccharomyces boulardii fermentation of cactus cladode biomass for bioactive food ingredients and cell culture serum alternatives" [Bioresour. Technol. 464 (2027) 135894]. — Bioresour Technol, 2026-10-01 (PMID 42823277; literature)
What it is
General term referring to the maintenance of cell strains or lines in the laboratory.
Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C16396. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0.
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