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Induction of Acetylcholinesterase Activity in Mouse Neuroblastoma Tissue Culture Cells

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TISSUE culture cell lines of neuroblastoma cells derived from mouse tumours have many characteristics of sympathetic neurones. Cells grown on a solid surface elaborate long processes which resemble axons1,2, and they contain the enzymes of catecholamine synthesis as well as acetylcholinesterase and choline acetylase1,2.

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KATES, J., WINTERTON, R. & SCHLESSINGER, K. Induction of Acetylcholinesterase Activity in Mouse Neuroblastoma Tissue Culture Cells. Nature 229, 345–347 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229345a0

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