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Chinese Hamster

Known as: Chinese, Hamsters, Chinese, Cricetulus griseus 
Originating in the deserts of northern China and Mongolia and kept in captivity since 1919, these hamsters exhibit a whitish/grey/brown coat color… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Superoxide dismutase levels in Chinese hamster ovary cells and ovarian carcinoma cells after hyperthermia or exposure to cycloheximide.
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and ovarian carcinoma (OvCa) cells was measured after exposure… 
1984
1984
Enhancement of cysteamine cytotoxicity by hyperthermia and its modification by catalase and superoxide dismutase in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Chinese hamster ovary cells were exposed to the sulfhydryl compound cysteamine at concentrations ranging from 0 to 8 mM for 120… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Failure of the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate to enhance sister chromatid exchange, mitotic segregation, or expression of mutations in Chinese hamster cells.
The potent tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) was tested for its ability (a) to induce sister chromatid… 
1979
1979
Induction of thermotolerance by multiple heat fractions in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
A heat-conditioning treatment of 10 min at 45° followed by 37° incubation resulted in maximal thermotolerance 8 hr later. The D… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Assignment of the genes for thymidine kinase and galactokinase toMus musculus chromosome 11 and the preferential segregation of this chromosome in Chinese hamster/mouse somatic cell hybrids
Somatic cell genetic techniques were used to establish linkage assignments for the loci coding for galactokinase (GLK) and… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Induction of thioguanine- and ouabain-resistant mutants and single-strand breaks in the DNA of Chinese hamster ovary cells by 3H-thymidine.
Cultured Chinese hamster cells were labeled with 6-3H-thymidine or 5-methyl-3H-thymidine and allowed to accumulate damage from 3H… 
1977
1977
The response of Chinese hamster ovary cells to fast-neutron radiotherapy beams. II. Sublethal and potentially lethal damage recovery capabilities.
The recovery capabilities of mammalian cells in culture were investigated after irradiation with fast neutrons. Two different… 
1976
1976
Biochemical and electron-microscopic evidence that the subunit structure of Chinese-hamster-ovary interphase chromatin is conserved in mitotic chromosomes.
Biochemical and electron microscopic studies demonstrate that the subunit structure of Chinese hamster ovary cell interphase… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Cell cycle specific fluctuations in adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate and polyamines of Chinese hamster cells.
Chinese hamster V79 cells were synchronized by mitotic selection, which resulted in approximately 95% synchrony. The adenosine 3… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Chromosomal nondisjunction: the action of colcemid on Chinese hamster cells in vitro.
Quantitative study has been carried out of the conditions under which exposure of Chinese hamster cells to Colcemid produces…