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Cellosaurus UCT-Mel 1 (CVCL_T304)

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Cell line name UCT-Mel 1
Synonyms UCT Mel-1; University of Cape Town-Melanoma cell line 1
Accession CVCL_T304
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: UCT-Mel 1 (RRID:CVCL_T304)
Comments Population: Caucasian.
Characteristics: Pigmented.
Doubling time: 41 hours (Note=In RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS), 42 hours (Note=In DMEM + 10% FBS) (CelloPub=CLPUB00744; PubMed=3091056).
Derived from site: Metastatic; Right inguinal lymph node; UBERON=UBERON_0001542.
Disease Melanoma (NCIt: C3224)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 67Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

CLPUB00744
Hoal-van Helden E.G.
An experimental study of human melanoma cells cultured in vitro.
Thesis PhD (1981); University of Cape Town; Cape Town; South Africa

PubMed=6814752
Hoal-van Helden E.G., Wilson E.L., Dowdle E.B.
Variable effects of retinoids on two pigmenting human melanoma cell lines.
Cancer Res. 42:5191-5195(1982)

CLPUB00747
Gartner M.F.R.M.
The growth, metastases and hormonal sensitivities of human melanomas in the nude mouse.
Thesis PhD (1986); University of Cape Town; Cape Town; South Africa

PubMed=3091056; DOI=10.1038/bjc.1986.175; PMCID=PMC2001511
Hoal-van Helden E.G., Wilson E.L., Dowdle E.B.
Characterization of seven human melanoma cell lines: melanogenesis and secretion of plasminogen activators.
Br. J. Cancer 54:287-295(1986)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54990066
Entry history
Entry creation03-Feb-2014
Last entry update30-Jan-2024
Version number13