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Cellosaurus Mpf (CVCL_3858)

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Cell line name Mpf
Synonyms Mustela putorius furo
Accession CVCL_3858
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: Mpf (RRID:CVCL_3858)
Comments Virology: Susceptible to infection by maedi visna virus (MVV). Synthesizes and released limited amounts of visna virus into the cultures' media for 80 day after infection (PubMed=6189779).
Doubling time: 12.5-17.2 hours (PubMed=6185411); 12-13 hours (ATCC=CRL-1656).
Derived from site: In situ; Brain; UBERON=UBERON_0000955.
Species of origin Mustela putorius furo (European domestic ferret) (Mustela furo) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9669)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling 6W
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=6185411; DOI=10.1007/BF02796352
Richard S. Trowbridge, Jurgen Lehmann, Patricia Brophy;
Establishment and characterization of ferret cells in culture.
In Vitro 18:952-960(1982)

PubMed=6189779; DOI=10.1007/BF02619515
Richard S. Trowbridge, John F. Schneider, Rima Haddad;
Persistence of visna virus in cultured ferret brain cortex and fibroblasts.
In Vitro 19:367-372(1983)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) ATCC; CRL-1656
ECACC; 90062801 - Discontinued
Cell line databases/resources CLO; CLO_0007855
CLDB; cl3557
Lonza; 1150
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54906448
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update14-Aug-2025
Version number10