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Cellosaurus COS-F2-130 (CVCL_A5QA)

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Cell line name COS-F2-130
Accession CVCL_A5QA
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: COS-F2-130 (RRID:CVCL_A5QA)
Comments Group: Non-human primate cell line.
Characteristics: Useful system for studying steroidogenesis. Converts cholesterol to pregnenolone but lack downstream enzymes that catalyze other steroidogenic reactions (PubMed=11356706).
Characteristics: Transfected with the F2 construct that consist of the fusion of P450scc-adrenodoxin reductase-adrenodoxin (PubMed=11356706).
Genetic integration: Method=Transfection; Gene=HGNC; HGNC:2590; CYP11A1.
Genetic integration: Method=Transfection; Gene=HGNC; HGNC:3638; FDX1.
Genetic integration: Method=Transfection; Gene=HGNC; HGNC:3642; FDXR.
Genetic integration: Method=Transfection; Gene=UniProtKB; P00552; Transposon Tn5 neo.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 1891767; Simian virus 40 (SV40) (Note=pSV6-1).
Derived from site: In situ; Kidney; UBERON=UBERON_0002113.
Species of origin Chlorocebus aethiops (Green monkey) (Cercopithecus aethiops) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9534)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_0223 (COS-1)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling Adult
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=11356706; DOI=10.1210/endo.142.6.8206
Huang M.-C., Miller W.L.
Creation and activity of COS-1 cells stably expressing the F2 fusion of the human cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme system.
Endocrinology 142:2569-2576(2001)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q107114704
Entry history
Entry creation20-May-2021
Last entry update19-Dec-2024
Version number7