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Cellosaurus IPRI-MD-66 (CVCL_Z437)

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Cell line name IPRI-MD-66
Synonyms IPRI-Md-66; FPMI-MD-66; MD-66; Md66
Accession CVCL_Z437
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: IPRI-MD-66 (RRID:CVCL_Z437)
Comments Group: Insect cell line.
Derived from site: In situ; Hemolymph; UBERON=UBERON_0001011.
Cell type: Hemocyte; CL=CL_0000387.
Species of origin Malacosoma disstria (Forest tent caterpillar) (NCBI Taxonomy: 40071)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Larval stage
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

DOI=10.1139/z71-202
Sohi S.S.
In vitro cultivation of hemocytes of Malacosoma disstria Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae).
Can. J. Zool. 49:1355-1358(1971)

DOI=10.1139/z76-180
Krywienczyk J., Sohi S.S.
Serologic characterization and identification of four lepidopteran cell lines.
Can. J. Zool. 54:1559-1564(1976)

DOI=10.1139/z85-337
Harvey G.T., Sohi S.S.
Isozyme characterization of 28 cell lines from five insect species.
Can. J. Zool. 63:2270-2276(1985)

CLPUB00491
Harvey G.T., Sohi S.S.
Isozyme characterization of 8 hymenopteran and 20 lepidopteran cell lines.
(In) Invertebrate cell system applications, Vol. I; Mitsuhashi J. (eds.); pp.71-75; CRC Press; Boca Raton (1989)

DOI=10.1016/0022-1910(94)00139-8
Sohi S.S., Palli S.R., Cook B.J., Retnakaran A.
Forest insect cell lines responsive to 20-hydroxyecdysone and two nonsteroidal ecdysone agonists, RH-5849 and RH-5992.
J. Insect Physiol. 41:457-464(1995)

PubMed=7615077; DOI=10.1016/0014-5793(95)00640-u
Tremblay G.B., Sohi S.S., Retnakaran A., MacKenzie R.E.
NAD-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase is targeted to the cytoplasm in insect cell lines.
FEBS Lett. 368:177-182(1995)

PubMed=21907208; DOI=10.1016/j.jip.2011.08.007
Lapointe J.F., Dunphy G.B., Giannoulis P., Mandato C.A., Nardi J.B., Gharib O.H., Niven D.F.
Cell lines, Md108 and Md66, from the hemocytes of Malacosoma disstria (Lepidoptera) display aspects of plasma-free innate non-self activities.
J. Invertebr. Pathol. 108:180-193(2011)

Cross-references
Cell line databases/resources ICLDB; fpmi-md-66
Anatomy/cell type resources BTO; BTO:0004106
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54898064
Entry history
Entry creation10-Apr-2015
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number11