Cellosaurus cell line SK2 (CVCL

Cross-references
Cell line name	SK2
Synonyms	SK-2
Accession	CVCL_IY59
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: SK2 (RRID:CVCL_IY59)
Comments	Population: Japanese.
Sequence variations	Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:5173; HRAS; Simple; p.Gln61Leu (c.182A>T); ClinVar=VCV000376033; Zygosity=Unspecified (PubMed=6087347).
Disease	Melanoma (NCIt: C3224)
Species of origin	Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell	Sex unspecified
Age at sampling	Age unspecified
Category	Cancer cell line
Publications	PubMed=6667830; DOI=10.20772/cancersci1959.74.6_794 Takao Sekiya, Setsuo Hirohashi, Susumu Nishimura, Takashi Sugimura; Transforming activity of human melanoma DNA. Gann 74:794-797(1983) PubMed=6087347; DOI=10.1073/pnas.81.15.4771; PMCID=PMC391572 Takao Sekiya, Masako Fushimi, Hiroshige Hori, Setsuo Hirohashi, Susumu Nishimura, Takashi Sugimura; Molecular cloning and the total nucleotide sequence of the human c-Ha-ras-1 gene activated in a melanoma from a Japanese patient. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81:4771-4775(1984)
Cell line databases/resources	cancercelllines; CVCL_IY59
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q54954655
Polymorphism and mutation databases	Cosmic; 716175 Cosmic; 748116
Entry history
Entry creation	15-May-2017
Last entry update	14-Aug-2025
Version number	10