参考文献: Whitaker AM, Hayward CJ. The characterization of three monkey kidney cell lines. Dev. Biol. Stand. 60: 125-131, 1985. PubMed: 4043530
MA-104 was developed by initial explant culture and subsequent passage by enzymatic dissociation at Microbiological Associates from embryonic Rhesus monkey kidney tissue. Chromosome and isoenzyme analysis of the cells distributed by some sources showed that the species of origin was African green monkey