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Cellosaurus F255A4 (CVCL_8688)

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Cell line name F255A4
Accession CVCL_8688
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: F255A4 (RRID:CVCL_8688)
Comments Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=6451928; PubMed=20143388).
Registration: International Cell Line Authentication Committee, Register of Misidentified Cell Lines; ICLAC-00045.
Population: African American.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 333761; Human papillomavirus type 18 (HPV18).
Derived from site: In situ; Uterus, cervix; UBERON=UBERON_0000002.
Disease Human papillomavirus-related cervical adenocarcinoma (NCIt: C27677)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_0030 (HeLa)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 30Y6M
Category Cancer cell line
Web pages https://iclac.org/wp-content/uploads/Cross-Contaminations_v13_distribution.xlsx
Publications

PubMed=6988327; DOI=10.1007/BF02831503
O'Brien S.J., Shannon J.E., Gail M.H.
A molecular approach to the identification and individualization of human and animal cells in culture: isozyme and allozyme genetic signatures.
In Vitro 16:119-135(1980)

PubMed=6451928; DOI=10.1126/science.6451928
Nelson-Rees W.A., Daniels D.W., Flandermeyer R.R.
Cross-contamination of cells in culture.
Science 212:446-452(1981)

PubMed=20143388; DOI=10.1002/ijc.25242
Capes-Davis A., Theodosopoulos G., Atkin I., Drexler H.G., Kohara A., MacLeod R.A.F., Masters J.R.W., Nakamura Y., Reid Y.A., Reddel R.R., Freshney R.I.
Check your cultures! A list of cross-contaminated or misidentified cell lines.
Int. J. Cancer 127:1-8(2010)

Cross-references
Biological sample resources BioSample; SAMN03151694
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54833109
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update02-May-2024
Version number21