K562

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0002067

Human chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis established from the pleural effusion of a 53-year-old woman with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in blast crisis in 1970; cells can be used as highly sensitive targets in in-vitro natural killer assays; cells produce hemoglobin; cells carry the Philadelphia chromosome with a b3-a2 fusion gene.

Synonyms: K562 cell, K-562, K-562 cell

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BTO:0000664

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NCIt:C19437

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Ele Holloway, James Malone

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Homo sapiens cell line
ENCODE cell line
chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line
derives_from some (
    lymphocyte and
    part_of some (
        blood and
        part_of some Homo sapiens))
is_input_of some ENCODE functional genome mapping
bearer_of some chronic myelogenous leukemia