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Cellosaurus BME26 (CVCL_Z179)

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Cell line name BME26
Synonyms BME 26
Accession CVCL_Z179
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: BME26 (RRID:CVCL_Z179)
Comments Group: Tick cell line.
Species of origin Rhipicephalus microplus (Cattle tick) (Boophilus microplus) (NCBI Taxonomy: 6941)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_Z180 (BME26-IVM)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling Embryo
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Web pages https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/facilities/tick-cell-biobank/
https://www.dsmz.de/fileadmin/Bereiche/Microbiology/Dateien/Kultivierungshinweise/TickCellCultureMethods-4.pdf
Publications

PubMed=3404544; DOI=10.1093/jmedent/25.4.256
Kurtti T.J., Munderloh U.G., Ahlstrand G.G., Johnson R.C.
Borrelia burgdorferi in tick cell culture: growth and cellular adherence.
J. Med. Entomol. 25:256-261(1988)

PubMed=2766897; DOI=10.1007/BF01194061
Munderloh U.G., Kurtti T.J.
Formulation of medium for tick cell culture.
Exp. Appl. Acarol. 7:219-229(1989)

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=18405834; DOI=10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.01.006; PMCID=PMC4425564
Esteves E., Lara F.A., Lorenzini D.M., Costa G.H.N., Fukuzawa A.H., Pressinotti L.N., Silva J.R.M.C., Ferro J.A., Kurtti T.J., Munderloh U.G., Daffre S.
Cellular and molecular characterization of an embryonic cell line (BME26) from the tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.
Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 38:568-580(2008)

PubMed=22743047; DOI=10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.05.002; PMCID=PMC3431536
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=32158404; DOI=10.3389/fphys.2020.00152; PMCID=PMC7052283
Al-Rofaai A., Bell-Sakyi L.
Tick cell lines in research on tick control.
Front. Physiol. 11:152.1-152.7(2020)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54797578
Entry history
Entry creation10-Apr-2015
Last entry update10-Sep-2024
Version number8