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Cellosaurus MciA (CVCL_C7F4)

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Cell line name MciA
Synonyms Mouse conditionally immortalized Astrocytes
Accession CVCL_C7F4
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: MciA (RRID:CVCL_C7F4)
Comments Doubling time: 36 hours (PubMed=19724901).
Genetic integration: Method=Transgenic mouse; Gene=UniProtKB; P03070; Simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 1891767; Simian virus 40 (SV40) (Note=tsA58).
Miscellaneous: As no cell line name was provided in the paper, we assigned the name based on the abbreviation of the cell line description.
Derived from site: In situ; Brain, cerebral cortex; UBERON=UBERON_0000956.
Cell type: Astrocyte of cerebral cortex; CL=CL_0002605.
Species of origin Mus musculus (Mouse) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10090)
Breed/subspecies: (CBA/Ca x C57BL/10)Tg(H2Kb-tsA58) Immortomouse.
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling <1D
Category Conditionally immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=19724901; DOI=10.3892/ijo_00000378; PMCID=PMC2882684
Robert R. Langley, Dominic Fan, Li-Xia Guo, Chen-Yu Zhang, Qing-Tang Lin, Emily Claire Brantley, Joseph H. McCarty, Isaiah Joshua Fidler;
Generation of an immortalized astrocyte cell line from H-2Kb-tsA58 mice to study the role of astrocytes in brain metastasis.
Int. J. Oncol. 35:665-672(2009)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q117704688
Entry history
Entry creation21-Mar-2023
Last entry update14-Aug-2025
Version number5