Cellosaurus cell line HaK (CVCL

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Cell line name	HaK
Synonyms	Hak; Hamster Kidney
Accession	CVCL_3315
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: HaK (RRID:CVCL_3315)
Comments	Group: Space-flown cell line (cellonaut). Anecdotal: Have been flown in space on shuttle flight STS-42 (Spacelab IML-1) to study growth and metabolism in microgravity (PubMed=11541489). Derived from site: In situ; Kidney; UBERON=UBERON_0002113.
Species of origin	Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10036)
Sex of cell	Male
Age at sampling	Adult
Category	Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications	PubMed=14185313; DOI=10.1126/science.146.3641.241 Cell Culture Collection Committee Animal cell strains. The Cell Culture Collection Committee has assembled and certified 23 strains of animal cells. Science 146:241-243(1964) DOI=10.1007/BF02618370 Cyril S. Stulberg, Lewis Lemon Coriell, Alexis John Kniazeff, John E. Shannon; The animal cell culture collection. In Vitro 5:1-16(1970) PubMed=11541489 Giovanna Lorenzi, Felix K. Gmunder, Augusto Cogoli; Cultivation of hamster kidney cells in a dynamic cell culture system in space (Spacelab IML-1 mission). Microgravity Sci. Technol. 6:34-38(1993)
Cell line collections (Providers)	ATCC; CCL-15 ECACC; 90102522 IZSLER; BS CL 48
Cell line databases/resources	CLO; CLO_0003620 CLDB; cl1563 CLDB; cl1564 CLDB; cl1565 CLDB; cl1566
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q54872377
Entry history
Entry creation	04-Apr-2012
Last entry update	29-Jun-2023
Version number	14