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GFP-tagged strains of other known mutants were made by crossing to either parental strain SWY2089 or SWY2090.
Genomic DNA from most recombinant inbred and parental strains was purchased from the Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, USA.
Some heteroclitic tumor antigen peptides that showed highly improved antigenicity and immunogenicity in preclinical studies, and which also cross-reacted well with CTLs generated against the parental sequence, were tested in clinical trials.
U1 is a monocytic clone harboring two copies of the viral genome from parental U973 cells.
I have been dating a man who, unlike myself, still resides under the watchful eye of his parental unit.