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Cellosaurus sfBT (CVCL_WS55)

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Cell line name sfBT
Synonyms serum-free B95-8 requiring Transferrin
Accession CVCL_WS55
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: sfBT (RRID:CVCL_WS55)
Comments Group: Non-human primate cell line.
Group: Serum/protein free medium cell line.
Characteristics: Grows in serum-free RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with transferrin and selenium.
Doubling time: 2.8 days (PubMed=2841494).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 10376; Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Derived from site: In situ; Peripheral blood; UBERON=UBERON_0000178.
Species of origin Saguinus oedipus (Cotton-top tamarin) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9490)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_WS54 (sfBIT)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling Age unspecified
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=2841494; DOI=10.1128/JVI.62.9.3415-3421.1988; PMCID=PMC253465
Shaw J.E., Baglia L.A., Leung K.
Maintenance of growth transformation with Epstein-Barr virus is mediated by secretion of autocrine growth factors in two serum-free B-cell lines.
J. Virol. 62:3415-3421(1988)

CLPUB00725
Baglia L.A.
Survey of the secretion of immunoreactive pituitary proteins by transformed serum-free B lymphoblastoid cell lines.
Thesis PhD (1993); Ohio State University; Columbus; USA

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q98132456
Entry history
Entry creation05-Jul-2019
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number7