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Cellosaurus MG5 (CVCL_5556)

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Cell line name MG5
Accession CVCL_5556
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: MG5 (RRID:CVCL_5556)
Comments Doubling time: ~3 days (Note=Lots 12222008 and 02122009), ~82 hours (Note=Lot 02232011), 20-84 hours (Note=Lot 07172017) (JCRB=IFO50520).
Knockout cell: Method=KO mouse; MGI; MGI:98834; Trp53.
Derived from site: In situ; Brain; UBERON=UBERON_0000955.
Cell type: Microglial cell; CL=CL_0000129.
Species of origin Mus musculus (Mouse) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10090)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling <1D
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=9383038; DOI=10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199711)21:3<285::AID-GLIA4>3.0.CO;2-4
Ohsawa K., Imai Y., Nakajima K., Kohsaka S.
Generation and characterization of a microglial cell line, MG5, derived from a p53-deficient mouse.
Glia 21:285-298(1997)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) JCRB; IFO50520
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54905418
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number12