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Cellosaurus IPLB-Ek-x4S (CVCL_Z098)

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Cell line name IPLB-Ek-x4S
Synonyms IPLB-Ekx4S; Ek-x4S; IPLB-Ephestia kuehniella-x4 Suspension; IPLB-Ek-x4V; IPLB-Ekx4-V; IPLB-Ekx4V; Ek-x4V; IPLB-Ephestia kuehniella-x4 Vesicle
Accession CVCL_Z098
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: IPLB-Ek-x4S (RRID:CVCL_Z098)
Comments Group: Insect cell line.
Caution: This cell line was originally called IPLB-Ek-x4V because it grew as vesicles (thus the "V") but subsequently changed their morphology to grow as small aggregates or chains of cells growing in suspension (thus the "S").
Derived from site: In situ; Whole embryo; UBERON=UBERON_0000922.
Species of origin Ephestia kuehniella (Mediterranean flour moth) (NCBI Taxonomy: 40079)
Originate from same individual CVCL_Z097 ! IPLB-Ek-x4T
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Embryonic stage
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Web pages https://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/person/3489/Ekx4S.pdf
Publications

PubMed=15861225; DOI=10.1673/031.004.0901
Lynn D.E., Ferkovich S.M.
New cell lines from Ephestia kuehniella: characterization and susceptibility to baculoviruses.
J. Insect Sci. 4:9-9(2004)

Cross-references
Cell line databases/resources ICLDB; iplb-ekx4-s
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54897988
Entry history
Entry creation10-Apr-2015
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number9