Cellosaurus cell line TR-MUL5 (CVCL

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Cell line name	TR-MUL5
Accession	CVCL_J380
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: TR-MUL5 (RRID:CVCL_J380)
Comments	Doubling time: 30.0 +- 0.6 hours (Note=At 33 Celsius), 46.3 +- 1.9 hours (Note=At 37 Celsius) (PubMed=12898700). Genetic integration: Method=Transgenic rat; Gene=UniProtKB; P03070; Simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen. Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 1891767; Simian virus 40 (SV40) (Note=tsA58). Derived from site: In situ; Eye, retina; UBERON=UBERON_0000966. Cell type: Muller glia; CL=CL_0000636.
Species of origin	Rattus norvegicus (Rat) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10116) Breed/subspecies: Wistar SV40-tsA58 transgenic.
Sex of cell	Male
Age at sampling	Age unspecified
Category	Conditionally immortalized cell line
Publications	PubMed=12898700; DOI=10.1002/glia.10253 Masatoshi Tomi, Takeshi Funaki, Hayato Abukawa, Kazunori Katayama, Tetsu Kondo, Sumio Ohtsuki, Masatsugu Ueda, Masuo Obinata, Tetsuya Terasaki, Ken-ichi Hosoya; Expression and regulation of L-cystine transporter, system xc-, in the newly developed rat retinal Muller cell line (TR-MUL). Glia 43:208-217(2003) PubMed=17233813; DOI=10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00399.x; PMCID=PMC11159456 Masuo Obinata; The immortalized cell lines with differentiation potentials: their establishment and possible application. Cancer Sci. 98:275-283(2007)
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q54972902
Entry history
Entry creation	11-Feb-2013
Last entry update	27-Nov-2025
Version number	14