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Cellosaurus BHK-21/WI-2 (CVCL_HB78)

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Cell line name BHK-21/WI-2
Synonyms BHK 21/WI-2; BHK21/WI-2; BHK-21 clone WI-2; WI-2
Accession CVCL_HB78
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: BHK-21/WI-2 (RRID:CVCL_HB78)
Comments Virology: Susceptible to infection by human herpesvirus 2 (HHV-2) and Rubella virus (PubMed=193466).
Derived from site: In situ; Kidney; UBERON=UBERON_0002113.
Species of origin Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10036)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_1914 (BHK-21)
Children:
CVCL_HB79 (BHK-MP1)CVCL_HB80 (BHK-MP2)CVCL_C8A1 (BSR)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 1D
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=5320494; DOI=10.1016/0042-6822(65)90170-4
Vaheri A., Sedwick W.D., Plotkin S.A., Maes R.
Cytopathic effect of rubella virus in BHK21 cells and growth to high titers in suspension culture.
Virology 27:239-241(1965)

PubMed=193466; DOI=10.1007/BF01314672
Sato M., Maeda N., Yoshida H., Urade M., Saito S.
Plaque formation of herpes virus hominis type 2 and rubella virus in variants isolated from the colonies of BHK21/WI-2 cells formed in soft agar.
Arch. Virol. 53:269-273(1977)

PubMed=20709108; DOI=10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.08.006; PMCID=PMC2956192
Whitt M.A.
Generation of VSV pseudotypes using recombinant DeltaG-VSV for studies on virus entry, identification of entry inhibitors, and immune responses to vaccines.
J. Virol. Methods 169:365-374(2010)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) Kerafast; EH1011
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54796395
Entry history
Entry creation01-Dec-2016
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number7