Cellosaurus cell line VSW (CVCL

Cross-references
Cell line name	VSW
Accession	CVCL_4370
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: VSW (RRID:CVCL_4370)
Comments	Group: Reptilian cell line. Virology: Infected by a C-type retrovirus. Derived from site: In situ; Spleen; UBERON=UBERON_0002106.
Species of origin	Daboia russelii (Russel's viper) (Vipera russelii) (NCBI Taxonomy: 8707)
Sex of cell	Female
Age at sampling	Adult
Category	Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications	PubMed=5165585; DOI=10.1093/jnci/46.2.309 Robert Francis Zeigel, Harold Fred Clark; Histologic and electron microscopic observations on a tumor-bearing viper: establishment of a 'C'-type virus-producing cell line. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 46:309-321(1971) PubMed=4350126; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910090317 Harold Fred Clark, Fred C. Jensen, Vittorio Defendi; SV40-induced transformation of cells of the lizard Gekko gecko. Int. J. Cancer 9:599-607(1972) PubMed=4358139 Harold Fred Clark, Maimon Moses Cohen, Philip DuPont Lunger; Comparative characterization of a C-type virus-producing cell line (VSW) and a virus-free cell line (VH2) from Vipera russelli. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 51:645-657(1973)
Cell line collections (Providers)	ATCC; CCL-129
Cell line databases/resources	CLO; CLO_0009549
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q54993368
Entry history
Entry creation	04-Apr-2012
Last entry update	29-Jun-2023
Version number	13