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Cellosaurus WEG-1 (CVCL_8012)

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Cell line name WEG-1
Accession CVCL_8012
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: WEG-1 (RRID:CVCL_8012)
Comments Characteristics: Retains the epithelial morphology of the parent uterine epithelial cells (UEC).
Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=UniProtKB; P00552; Klebsiella pneumoniae transposon Tn5 neo.
Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=UniProtKB; P03070; Simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 1891767; Simian virus 40 (SV40).
Derived from site: In situ; Uterus; UBERON=UBERON_0000995.
Cell type: Epithelial cell; CL=CL_0000066.
Species of origin Mus musculus (Mouse) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10090)
Breed/subspecies: CF-1.
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 6W
Category Transformed cell line
Web pages Info; -; -; https://web.archive.org/web/20141104152240/http://www2.kumc.edu/soalab/LabLinks/cell%20lines/weg1.htm
Info; ResearchGate; -; https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_anyone_know_of_an_established_mouse_uterine_epithelial_cell_line_in_existence
Publications

PubMed=8536610; DOI=10.1210/endo.137.1.8536610
Carole C. Wegner, Van Cherington, Jeffrey W. Clemens, Andrew L. Jacobs, Joanne Julian, Gulnar A. Surveyor, Ewen C. Bell, Daniel D. Carson;
Production and characterization of WEG-1, an epidermal growth factor/transforming growth factor-alpha-responsive mouse uterine epithelial cell line.
Endocrinology 137:175-184(1996)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54993732
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update14-Aug-2025
Version number13