Patent number: 5348877
Method of adapting anchorage-dependent cell lines to suspension conditions
Original Assignee: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.
Field of technology: Biotech
Patent granted on: Tue, 20 Sep 1994
Abstract
Normally anchorage-dependent insect cell lines are adapted to replicate under suspension conditions by addition of heparin to the culture medium and selection for resulting suspension-tolerant cells.