Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells, a model mammalian cell line used in biomedical research. MDCK c

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells, a model mammalian cell line used in biomedical research. MDCK cells are used for a wide variety of cell biology studies including cell polarity, cell-cell adhesions (termed adherens junctions), collective cell motility, as well as responses to growth factors. It is one of few cell culture models that is suited for 3D cell culture and multicellular rearrangements known as branching morphogenesis. Because of their high susceptibility to infection with various influenza virus strains, Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells have been widely used as a substrate for influenza virus isolation and vaccine production. Magnification: x 4000 at 10cm. Specimen courtesy of the influenza research group, Professor Wendy Barclay Imperial College London, UK.

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