ID   MCC6
AC   CVCL_4445
SY   MCC6TC; MCC6 TC
DR   Cosmic; 912928
DR   Wikidata; Q54904261
RX   PubMed=8026890;
RX   PubMed=8244578;
RX   PubMed=11433400;
RX   PubMed=12209986;
CC   Doubling time: 10.5 days (PubMed=8244578).
CC   Caution: Was briefly displayed in Cell Bank Australia under catalog number CBA-1334 but was never distributed.
DI   NCIt; C9231; Merkel cell carcinoma
DI   ORDO; Orphanet_79140; Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma
OX   NCBI_TaxID=9606; ! Homo sapiens (Human)
SX   Male
AG   70Y
CA   Cancer cell line
DT   Created: 04-04-12; Last updated: 21-03-23; Version: 11
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RX   PubMed=8026890; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910580223;
RA   Thomson J.A.F., Leonard J.H., McGregor K., Sturm R.A., Parsons P.G.;
RT   "A nonconsensus octamer-recognition sequence (TAATGARAT-motif)
RT   identifies a novel DNA binding protein in human Merkel cell carcinoma
RT   cell lines.";
RL   Int. J. Cancer 58:285-290(1994).
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RX   PubMed=8244578; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910550519;
RA   Leonard J.H., Bell J.R., Kearsley J.H.;
RT   "Characterization of cell lines established from Merkel-cell
RT   ('small-cell') carcinoma of the skin.";
RL   Int. J. Cancer 55:803-810(1993).
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RX   PubMed=11433400; DOI=10.1002/ijc.1352;
RA   Cook A.L., Pollock P.M., Welch J., Walsh M.D., Bowman R.V.,
RA   Baumann K.C., Hayward N.K., Leonard J.H.;
RT   "CDKN2A is not the principal target of deletions on the short arm of
RT   chromosome 9 in neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma of the skin.";
RL   Int. J. Cancer 93:361-367(2001).
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RX   PubMed=12209986; DOI=10.1002/ijc.10554;
RA   Leonard J.H., Cook A.L., Van Gele M., Boyle G.M., Inglis K.J.,
RA   Speleman F., Sturm R.A.;
RT   "Proneural and proneuroendocrine transcription factor expression in
RT   cutaneous mechanoreceptor (Merkel) cells and Merkel cell carcinoma.";
RL   Int. J. Cancer 101:103-110(2002).
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