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BL3.1 is a B-lymphosarcoma cell line derived in 1990 by irradiation of the bovine B-lymphoblastoid cell line, BL-3.
The BL-3 cell line was isolated from a 3-month-old male Hereford calf.
BL-3 cells were exposed to gamma-irradiation and surviving cells were immunoselected for MHC class I antigen loss.
BL3.1 cells are a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) transcriptional loss variant. The cells exhibit no expression of MHC class I and high expression of MHC class II. Few cell lines express only MHC class II.
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