What the HEK?
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...transfect the ‘helper’ plasmids (viral packaging machinery) along with the viral plasmid containing the cargo...the kidney—either endothelial, epithelial, or fibroblast. However, Frank Graham showed HEKs display many...T-antigen. This allows them to replicate viral plasmids with the SV40 origin of replication. To generate...cell lines are susceptible to contamination by mycoplasma and bacteria, but HEKs are also particularly ...