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T lymphocytes; B lymphocytes; polyclonal antibodies; epitopes Hybridomas are the

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T lymphocytes; B lymphocytes; polyclonal antibodies; epitopes

Hybridomas are the useful result of a fusion between _______________ and _________________ to obtain hybrid cells that can proliferate and produce _________________ against specific ________________. myeloma cells; B lymphocytes; monoclonal antibodies; epitopes myeloma cells; T lymphocytes; polyclonal antibodies; antigen T lymphocytes; B lymphocytes; monoclonal antibodies; antigen

T lymphocytes; B lymphocytes; polyclonal antibodies; epitopes

Explanation / Answer

Hybridomas are the useful result of a fusion between myeloma cells and B-lymphocytes to obtain hybrid cells that can proliferate and produce monoclonal antibodies against specific epitopes.
  
With respect to mammalian cell culture, the following statements is true:
During the establishment of a cell line, senescence is the last stage of the cell's life.

Epithelial cells have distinct surfaces. The basal surface tends to be involved in secreting proteins out of the cell and into the bloodstream.

The following is NOT true of phospholipid bilayers:       
Membrane budding requires transient breakages in the bilayer membrane.