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Cellosaurus LSTM-RA-257 (CVCL_Z137)

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Cell line name LSTM-RA-257
Synonyms RA-257; RA257; TTC-257
Accession CVCL_Z137
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: LSTM-RA-257 (RRID:CVCL_Z137)
Comments Group: Tick cell line.
Species of origin Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Brown ear tick) (NCBI Taxonomy: 34631)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Moulting nymph
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Web pages https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-life-sciences/research/liverpool-shared-research-facilities/bio-resources/tick-cell-biobank/tick-cell-lines/
Publications

PubMed=1123829; DOI=10.1093/jmedent/11.6.698
Varma M.G.R., Pudney M., Leake C.J.
The establishment of three cell lines from the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) and their infection with some arboviruses.
J. Med. Entomol. 11:698-706(1975)

PubMed=17662657; DOI=10.1016/j.pt.2007.07.009
Bell-Sakyi L., Zweygarth E., Blouin E.F., Gould E.A., Jongejan F.
Tick cell lines: tools for tick and tick-borne disease research.
Trends Parasitol. 23:450-457(2007)

PubMed=22743047; DOI=10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.05.002
Alberdi M.P., Dalby M.J., Rodriguez-Andres J., Fazakerley J.K., Kohl A., Bell-Sakyi L.
Detection and identification of putative bacterial endosymbionts and endogenous viruses in tick cell lines.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 3:137-146(2012)

PubMed=29886187; DOI=10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.05.015
Bell-Sakyi L., Darby A.C., Baylis M., Makepeace B.L.
The Tick Cell Biobank: a global resource for in vitro research on ticks, other arthropods and the pathogens they transmit.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 9:1364-1371(2018)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54903146
Entry history
Entry creation10-Apr-2015
Last entry update21-Mar-2023
Version number7