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Cellosaurus TR-AST4 (CVCL_6B54)

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Cell line name TR-AST4
Accession CVCL_6B54
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: TR-AST4 (RRID:CVCL_6B54)
Comments Genetic integration: Method=Transgenic rat; Gene=UniProtKB; P03070; Simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 1891767; Simian virus 40 (SV40) (Note=tsA58).
Derived from site: In situ; Brain, cerebrum; UBERON=UBERON_0001893.
Cell type: Astrocyte; CL=CL_0000127.
Species of origin Rattus norvegicus (Rat) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10116)
Breed/subspecies: Wistar SV40-tsA58 transgenic.
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Adult
Category Conditionally immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=11699636; DOI=10.1247/csf.26.197
Kazuhiro Tetsuka, Ken-ichi Hosoya, Sumio Ohtsuki, Hitomi Takanaga, Nobuaki Yanai, Masatsugu Ueda, Masuo Obinata, Tetsuya Terasaki;
Acidic amino acid transport characteristics of a newly developed conditionally immortalized rat type 2 astrocyte cell line (TR-AST).
Cell Struct. Funct. 26:197-203(2001)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54972870
Entry history
Entry creation23-Feb-2016
Last entry update14-Aug-2025
Version number9