Cellosaurus cell line RML-14 (CVCL

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Cell line name	RML-14
Synonyms	Rocky Mountain Laboratory-14
Accession	CVCL_Z181
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: RML-14 (RRID:CVCL_Z181)
Comments	Group: Tick cell line. Doubling time: ~70 hours (PubMed=592041). Miscellaneous: Cell line no longer exist. As described in Patent=US4447537 it 'has accidentally been extinguished by toxic culture medium and bacterial contamination of frozen stocks'.
Species of origin	Dermacentor parumapertus (Rabbit tick) (NCBI Taxonomy: 60255)
Sex of cell	Sex unspecified
Age at sampling	Embryo
Category	Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications	PubMed=592041; DOI=10.2307/3279853 U. Krishna Murthy Bhat, Conrad Erhardt Yunker; Establishment and characterization of a diploid cell line from the tick, Dermacentor parumapertus Neumann (Acarina: Ixodidae). J. Parasitol. 63:1092-1098(1977) CLPUB00496 Walter Frederic Hink; The 1979 compilation of invertebrate cell lines and culture media. (In book chapter) Invertebrate systems in vitro; Kurstak, Edouard & Maramorosch, Karl & Dubendorfer, Andreas (eds.); pp.553-578; Elsevier; Oxford; United Kingdom (1980) Patent=US4447537 Conrad Erhardt Yunker, John C. Cory, Harold Rasmus Meibos; Tick cell lines. Patent number US4447537, 08-May-1984
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q54950677
Entry history
Entry creation	10-Apr-2015
Last entry update	10-Apr-2025
Version number	9