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Cellosaurus Nil-2 (CVCL_8738)

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Cell line name Nil-2
Synonyms NIL-2; NIL 2; Nil 2; NIL2; Nil2; NIL
Accession CVCL_8738
Secondary accession CVCL_3071
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: Nil-2 (RRID:CVCL_8738)
Comments Part of: Naval Biosciences Laboratory (NBL) collection (transferred to ATCC in 1982).
Derived from site: In situ; Whole embryo; UBERON=UBERON_0000922.
Cell type: Fibroblast; CL=CL_0000057.
Species of origin Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10036)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_8743 (NIL B1)CVCL_8742 (Nil-2E)CVCL_3072 (NIL-SF2)
Originate from same individual CVCL_W454 ! Nil-1
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 13FD
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=6039764; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910020209
Diamond L.
Two spontaneously transformed cell lines derived from the same hamster embryo culture.
Int. J. Cancer 2:143-152(1967)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) ATCC; CRL-6443 - Discontinued
JCRB; IFO50018
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54930607
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number9