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Cellosaurus WMPa (CVCL_T689)

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Cell line name WMPa
Synonyms WMPA; Wisconsin-Minnesota Pronephros, strain A
Accession CVCL_T689
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: WMPa (RRID:CVCL_T689)
Comments Group: Amphibian cell line.
Derived from site: In situ; Embryonic kidney, pronephros; UBERON=UBERON_0002120.
Species of origin Lithobates pipiens (Northern leopard frog) (Rana pipiens) (NCBI Taxonomy: 8404)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_D6A0 (WMPa/V208)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Shumway stage 24 embryo
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=4545299; DOI=10.3181/00379727-145-37981
Wong W.Y., Tweedell K.S.
Two viruses from the Lucke tumor isolated in a frog pronephric cell line.
Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 145:1201-1206(1974)

PubMed=1087310; DOI=10.1242/jcs.22.2.385
Tweedell K.S., Williams D.C.
Morphological changes in frog pronephric cell surfaces after transformation by herpes virus.
J. Cell Sci. 22:385-395(1976)

PubMed=221384
Tweedell K.S.
Pronephric tumour cell lines from herpesvirus-transformed cells.
IARC Sci. Publ. 24:609-616(1978)

PubMed=1429360; DOI=10.1007/BF02631030
Tweedell K.S., Lazar K.
Protein profiles of embryonic, adult and transformed frog kidney cells.
In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. Anim. 28:588-590(1992)

DOI=10.3354/dao027001
Williams J.W. 3rd, Tweedell K.S., Sterling D., Marshall N.A., Christ C.G., Carlson D.L., McKinnel R.G.
Oncogenic herpesvirus DNA absence in kidney cell lines established from the northern leopard frog Rana pipiens.
Dis. Aquat. Organ. 27:1-4(1996)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54994354
Entry history
Entry creation03-Feb-2014
Last entry update02-May-2024
Version number9