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Cellosaurus MDCC-UA20 (CVCL_ZB68)

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Cell line name MDCC-UA20
Synonyms UA20
Accession CVCL_ZB68
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: MDCC-UA20 (RRID:CVCL_ZB68)
Comments Group: Bird cell line.
Characteristics: The MDV RB-1b virus has been modified by replacement of the vIL-8 gene by a soluble modified derivative of GFP (smGFP).
Transfected with: UniProtKB; P42212; GFP.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 33707; Gallid herpesvirus 2 (Marek's disease virus) (strain RB-1b) [Note=RB-1B-vIL-8Delta-smGFP].
Derived from site: In situ; Ovary; UBERON=UBERON_0000992.
Disease Marek disease (NCIt: C84884)
Species of origin Gallus gallus (Chicken) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9031)
Breed/subspecies: White Leghorn.
Sex of cell Female
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=11333897; DOI=10.1128/JVI.75.11.5159-5173.2001
Parcells M.S., Lin S.-F., Dienglewicz R.L., Majerciak V., Robinson D.R., Chen H.-C., Wu Z.-N., Dubyak G.R., Brunovskis P., Hunt H.D., Lee L.F., Kung H.-J.
Marek's disease virus (MDV) encodes an interleukin-8 homolog (vIL-8): characterization of the vIL-8 protein and a vIL-8 deletion mutant MDV.
J. Virol. 75:5159-5173(2001)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q98127134
Entry history
Entry creation02-Jul-2020
Last entry update05-Oct-2023
Version number5