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Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country.
Transfection host
The BC-2 cell line allows in vitro culture of KSHV viral genomes.
It is also a practical source of KSHV DNA to be used as a positive control for screening tests.
BC-2 is a lymphoma cell line originated in 1992 by Ethel Cesarman and Giorgio Inghirami in the laboratory of Daniel M. Knowles.
The cells were derived from a pleural cavity based lymphomatous effusion.
The cells contain two viral genomes: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV, provisionally designed HHV-8).
KSHV is a recently identified and largely uncharacterized virus.
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