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Cellosaurus 293-hMyD88 (CVCL_A8CD)

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Cell line name 293-hMyD88
Accession CVCL_A8CD
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: 293-hMyD88 (RRID:CVCL_A8CD)
Comments Group: SARS-CoV-2 research cell line.
Characteristics: Designed to study SARS-CoV-2-host cell fusion. Upon transient transfection, with a spike expression plasmid, these cells become a SARS-CoV-2 mimic, which can then fuse with permissive reporter cells (InvivoGen).
Transfected with: HGNC; 7562; MYD88 (with p.Leu252Pro).
Transfected with: UniProtKB; P13249; S.alboniger pac (PuroR).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 28285; Adenovirus 5.
Derived from site: In situ; Fetal kidney; UBERON=UBERON_0002113.
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_0045 (HEK293)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling Fetus
Category Transformed cell line
Web pages https://www.invivogen.com/293-hmyd88
Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q107113196
Entry history
Entry creation20-May-2021
Last entry update30-Jan-2024
Version number5