Abstract
Lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) can be generated easily by in vitro EBV infection of B lymphocytes collected from any individual. In vitro, these EBV-infected B cell cultures yield proliferating, transformed lines referred to as lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs).
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Nagy, N. (2017). Establishment of EBV-Infected Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines. In: Minarovits, J., Niller, H. (eds) Epstein Barr Virus. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1532. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6655-4_3
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