[Analysis of the kinetic growth patterns of cultured cells. I. The model].

On the basis of the Verhulst-Pearl equation, a model of cultured cell growth kinetics is devised. Analysing both authors' and literature data, a possibility was shown to use the model for description of growth kinetics of different cultured cell types. The proposed method of analysis of cell growth kinetic characteristics also provides a rapid evaluation of the cell population doubling time and of the relative number of non-dividing cells in the population.