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Cellosaurus JW18-wMel (CVCL_F1ZW)

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Cell line name JW18-wMel
Synonyms JWmel
Accession CVCL_F1ZW
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: JW18-wMel (RRID:CVCL_F1ZW)
Comments Group: Insect cell line.
Characteristics: Infected by Wolbachia pipientis strain wMel.
Characteristics: Expresses a Jupiter-GFP fusion protein.
Characteristics: Constitutively infected with Wolbachia.
Doubling time: ~89 hours (PubMed=39052691).
Genetic integration: Method=Transfection/transduction; Gene=FPbase; 1XF1B; GFP (Note=avGFP; original A.victoria green fluorescent protein).
Derived from site: In situ; Whole embryo; UBERON=UBERON_0000922.
Species of origin Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) (NCBI Taxonomy: 7227)
Breed/subspecies: Oregon-R; FlyBase_Strain=FBsn0000276.
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_A5UW (JW18)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Embryonic stage
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=39052691; DOI=10.1371/journal.ppat.1012149; PMCID=PMC11302900
Cade Mirchandani, Pingting Wang, Jodie Jacobs, Maximilian Genetti, Evan Pepper-Tunick, William T. Sullivan, Russell Corbett-Detig, Shelbi L. Russell;
Mixed Wolbachia infections resolve rapidly during in vitro evolution.
PLoS Pathog. 20:e1012149-e1012149(2024)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) DGRC; 356
Cell line databases/resources FlyBase_Cell_line; FBtc0000356
Entry history
Entry creation31-Mar-2026
Last entry update31-Mar-2026
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