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Cellosaurus LS8 (CVCL_RW38)

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Cell line name LS8
Accession CVCL_RW38
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: LS8 (RRID:CVCL_RW38)
Comments Genetic integration: Method=Transfection; Gene=UniProtKB; P03070; Simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 1891767; Simian virus 40 (SV40) (Note=pRSV-T).
Derived from site: In situ; Tooth, enamel organ, dental epithelium; UBERON=UBERON_0003843.
Cell type: Ameloblast; CL=CL_0000059.
Species of origin Mus musculus (Mouse) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10090)
Breed/subspecies: Swiss Webster (CFW).
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Newborn
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=1444889; DOI=10.1016/0003-9969(92)90110-T
Lian-Song Chen, Ross I. Couwenhoven, David Hsu, Wei Luo, Malcolm L. Snead;
Maintenance of amelogenin gene expression by transformed epithelial cells of mouse enamel organ.
Arch. Oral Biol. 37:771-778(1992)

PubMed=25120490; DOI=10.3389/fphys.2014.00277; PMCID=PMC4110967
Juni Sarkar, Emil Jacob Simanian, Sarah Y. Tuggy, John D. Bartlett, Malcolm L. Snead, Toshihiro Sugiyama, Michael Lansdell Paine;
Comparison of two mouse ameloblast-like cell lines for enamel-specific gene expression.
Front. Physiol. 5:277.1-277.6(2014)

PubMed=30529249; DOI=10.1016/j.gene.2018.11.089
Minou Nirvani, Cuong Khuu, Amela Tulek, Tor Paaske Utheim, Lars Peter Sand, Malcolm L. Snead, Amer Sehic;
Transcriptomic analysis of microRNA expression in enamel-producing cells.
Gene 688:193-203(2019)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54903072
Entry history
Entry creation05-Mar-2018
Last entry update14-Aug-2025
Version number9