neuroepithelioma cell line derived from a metastatic supra-orbital human brain tumor, "SK-N-MC was isolated in September of l971 and was found to have moderate dopamine - beta - hydroxylase activity as well as formaldehyde induced fluorescence indicative of intracellular catecholamines." - ATCC. (Biedler, et al. Morphology and Growth, Tumorigenicity, and Cytogenetics of Human Neuroblastoma Cells in Continuous Culture. Cancer Research 33, 2643-2652, November 1973.)
cell karyotype
cancer
cell lineage
ectoderm
cell sex
F
antibody
RevXlinkChromatin
treatment
None
treatment description
No special treatment or protocol applies
protocol
v041610.1
protocol description
2x10^7 cells, fragmentation by bioruptor, one 15-cycle round of PCR (Myers)