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Cellosaurus MEL-STR (CVCL_C854)

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Cell line name MEL-STR
Accession CVCL_C854
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: MEL-STR (RRID:CVCL_C854)
Comments Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=HGNC; HGNC:5173; HRAS (Note=With p.Gly12Val).
Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=HGNC; HGNC:11730; TERT.
Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=UniProtKB; P00557; Escherichia coli hygromycin-B 4-O-kinase (hph) (HygR).
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; Foreskin, skin; UBERON=UBERON_0001471.
Cell type: Melanocyte of foreskin; CL=CL_2000045.
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Originate from same individual CVCL_9U70 ! MEL-STM
CVCL_9U71 ! MEL-STV
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling <1M
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=16142232; DOI=10.1038/ng1634; PMCID=PMC1694635
Piyush B. Gupta, Charlotte Kuperwasser, Jean-Philippe Brunet, Sridhar Ramaswamy, Wen-Lin Kuo, Joe W. Gray, Stephen P. Naber, Robert Allan Weinberg;
The melanocyte differentiation program predisposes to metastasis after neoplastic transformation.
Nat. Genet. 37:1047-1054(2005)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54905139
Polymorphism and mutation databases Cosmic; 1458969
Entry history
Entry creation22-Oct-2012
Last entry update14-Aug-2025
Version number14