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Establishment of a Line of Cells from the Silkworm Bombyx mori
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Establishment of a Line of Cells from the Silkworm Bombyx mori

  • T. D. C. GRACE1 

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FOLLOWING the establishment of lines of cells from tissues of the moth Antheraea eucalypti Scott1 and the mosquito Aedes aegypti L.2, a line of cells from the silkworm Bombyx mori L. has now been established.

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GRACE, T. Establishment of a Line of Cells from the Silkworm Bombyx mori. Nature 216, 613 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216613a0

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  • Received: 30 August 1967

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  • Published: 01 November 1967

  • Issue Date: 11 November 1967

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/216613a0

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