Cellosaurus cell line Bge 2 (CVCL

Cellosaurus Bge 2 (CVCL_UA34)

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Cell line name	Bge 2
Synonyms	Bge isolate CB; Bge CB; Bge isolate Christopher Bayne
Accession	CVCL_UA34
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: Bge 2 (RRID:CVCL_UA34)
Comments	Group: Mollusk cell line. Doubling time: 157 hours (PubMed=25907768).
Species of origin	Biomphalaria glabrata (Bloodfluke planorb) (Freshwater snail) (NCBI Taxonomy: 6526)
Hierarchy	Parent: CVCL_T034 (Bge)
Sex of cell	Sex unspecified
Age at sampling	Embryo
Category	Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications	PubMed=19133265; DOI=10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.11.011; PMCID=PMC2656398 Edwin Chukwuemeka Odoemelam, Nithya Raghavan, Andre Miller, Joanna M. Bridger, Matty Knight; Revised karyotyping and gene mapping of the Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic (Bge) cell line. Int. J. Parasitol. 39:675-681(2009) PubMed=24198436; DOI=10.1139/cjz-2012-0258; PMCID=PMC3816639 Timothy P. Yoshino, Utibe Bickham-Wright, Christopher Jeffrey Bayne; Molluscan cells in culture: primary cell cultures and cell lines. Can. J. Zool. 91:391-404(2013) PubMed=25907768; DOI=10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.02.012; PMCID=PMC4562316 Gabriel Rinaldi, Hong-Bin Yan, Rafael Nacif-Pimenta, Pitchaya Matchimakul, Joanna M. Bridger, Victoria H. Mann, Michael J. Smout, Paul J. Brindley, Matty Knight; Cytometric analysis, genetic manipulation and antibiotic selection of the snail embryonic cell line Bge from Biomphalaria glabrata, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. Int. J. Parasitol. 45:527-535(2015)
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q93425939
Entry history
Entry creation	13-Nov-2018
Last entry update	21-Mar-2023
Version number	5