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Cellosaurus Mel-Ab (CVCL_B425)

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Cell line name Mel-Ab
Synonyms Mel-ab
Accession CVCL_B425
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: Mel-Ab (RRID:CVCL_B425)
Comments Characteristics: Produces copious amounts of melanin in culture.
Derived from site: In situ; Trunk, skin; UBERON=UBERON_0001085.
Cell type: Melanocyte of skin; CL=CL_1000458.
Species of origin Mus musculus (Mouse) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10090)
Breed/subspecies: C57BL/6.
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_4624 (Melan-a)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling 18FD
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=2856252
Thomas P. Dooley, Rosemary E. Wilson, Nicholas Clwyd Jones, Ian R. Hart;
Polyoma middle T abrogates TPA requirement of murine melanocytes and induces malignant melanoma.
Oncogene 3:531-535(1988)

PubMed=8024800; DOI=10.1159/000211294
Thomas P. Dooley, Robert C. Gadwood, Kenneth S. Kilgore, Lisa M. Thomasco;
Development of an in vitro primary screen for skin depigmentation and antimelanoma agents.
Skin Pharmacol. 7:188-200(1994)

Cross-references
Anatomy/cell type resources BTO; BTO_0003944
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54905076
Entry history
Entry creation06-Jun-2012
Last entry update19-Dec-2024
Version number11