BTI-Tn-MG1

BTI-Tn-MG1

Order

Species

Common Name(s)

Cabbage looper

Primary Designation

BTI-Tn-MG1

Accession No.

CVCL_Z093

Stage

Tissue

Initiator(s)

R. R. Granados

References

Davis, T. R., Wickham, T. J., McKenna, K. A., Granados, R. R., Shuler, M. L., & Wood, H. A. (1993). COMPARATIVE RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTION OF EIGHT INSECT CELL LINES. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal, 29(5), 388-390; Wu, Y. L., Jiang, L., Hashimoto, Y., Granados, R. R., & Li, G. X. (2011). ESTABLISHMENT, GROWTH KINETICS, AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ACMNPV OF HEAT TOLERANT LEPIDOPTERAN CELL LINES. Virologica Sinica, 26(3), 198-205.

Notes

Unique properties: this cell line can express secreted embryonic alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) using an AcMNPV-based baculovirus expression vector system; Authentication: characterized using random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD).

Medium

TNM-FH + 10% FBS

Cell Culture Collection

American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852/ ATCC accession number = CRL-10860.

Status

Microorganism Propagation

Produces Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV)

Patents

US Patent No. 5300435, Author: Granados R.R., Date: 05-April-1994

Contact Information

S-225 Ag Science Center Lexington, KY 40546-0091

(859) 257-7450

entchair@uky.edu