Organism TypeHuman The human breast cancer cell line BT549 was obtained from Dr. E. W. Thompson (Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C.).
TissuesBreast/Mammary
PhenotypeAdherent
Primaryno
ApplicationCell Culture / Growth Conditions

Recommended Transfection Reagents

  • Plasmid DNA transfection and co-transfection: Lipofectamine 3000 (51-79% transfection efficiency and 4 fold protein expression improvement over Lipofectamine 2000)
  • RNAi transfection (siRNA/miRNA) and gene silencing: Lipofectamine RNAiMAX