Cellosaurus cell line Bge 2 (CVCL

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Cell line name	Bge 2
Synonyms	Bge isolate CB; Bge CB; Bge isolate Christopher Bayne
Accession	CVCL_UA34
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: Bge 2 (RRID:CVCL_UA34)
Comments	Group: Mollusk cell line. Doubling time: 157 hours (PubMed=25907768).
Species of origin	Biomphalaria glabrata (Bloodfluke planorb) (Freshwater snail) (NCBI Taxonomy: 6526)
Hierarchy	Parent: CVCL_T034 (Bge)
Sex of cell	Sex unspecified
Age at sampling	Embryo
Category	Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications	PubMed=19133265; DOI=10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.11.011; PMCID=PMC2656398 Odoemelam E., Raghavan N., Miller A., Bridger J.M., Knight M. Revised karyotyping and gene mapping of the Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic (Bge) cell line. Int. J. Parasitol. 39:675-681(2009) PubMed=24198436; DOI=10.1139/cjz-2012-0258; PMCID=PMC3816639 Yoshino T.P., Bickham-Wright U., Bayne C.J. Molluscan cells in culture: primary cell cultures and cell lines. Can. J. Zool. 91:391-404(2013) PubMed=25907768; DOI=10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.02.012; PMCID=PMC4562316 Rinaldi G., Yan H.-B., Nacif-Pimenta R., Matchimakul P., Bridger J.M., Mann V.H., Smout M.J., Brindley P.J., Knight M. Cytometric analysis, genetic manipulation and antibiotic selection of the snail embryonic cell line Bge from Biomphalaria glabrata, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. Int. J. Parasitol. 45:527-535(2015)
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q93425939
Entry history
Entry creation	13-Nov-2018
Last entry update	21-Mar-2023
Version number	5