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Cellosaurus UCT-Mel 7 (CVCL_T310)

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Cell line name UCT-Mel 7
Synonyms UCT Mel-7; UCT-Mel-7; University of Cape Town-Melanoma cell line 7
Accession CVCL_T310
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: UCT-Mel 7 (RRID:CVCL_T310)
Comments Population: African.
Doubling time: 95 hours (Note=In RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS), 119 hours (Note=In DMEM + 10% FBS) (CelloPub=CLPUB00744; PubMed=3091056).
Derived from site: Metastatic; Left femoral lymph node; UBERON=UBERON_0009006.
Disease Melanoma (NCIt: C3224)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 52Y
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)

PubMed=1562456; DOI=10.1038/bjc.1992.101; PMCID=PMC1977579
Gartner M.F.R.M., Fearns C., Wilson E.L., Campbell J.A.H., Dowdle E.B.
Unusual growth characteristics of human melanoma xenografts in the nude mouse: a model for desmoplasia, dormancy and progression.
Br. J. Cancer 65:487-490(1992)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54990072
Entry history
Entry creation03-Feb-2014
Last entry update30-Jan-2024
Version number14