Cellosaurus cell line UCT-Mel 6 (CVCL

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Cell line name	UCT-Mel 6
Synonyms	UCT Mel-6; University of Cape Town-Melanoma cell line 6
Accession	CVCL_T309
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: UCT-Mel 6 (RRID:CVCL_T309)
Comments	Population: Caucasian. Doubling time: 33 hours (Note=In RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS), 74 hours (Note=In DMEM + 10% FBS) (CelloPub=CLPUB00744; PubMed=3091056). Derived from site: Metastatic; Left 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	68Y
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 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)
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q54990071
Entry history
Entry creation	03-Feb-2014
Last entry update	30-Jan-2024
Version number	13