FPMI-MS-4
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
Tobacco hornworm
Primary Designation
FPMI-MS-4
Accession No.
CVCL_Z448
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
S. Sohi
References
Hink, W. F., Hall, R. L. (1989). Recently established invertebrate cell lines. In: Invertebrate Cell System Applications, Vol. 2 (Ed. Mitsuhashi, J.), pp. 269-293, CRC Press, Boca Raton; Mitsuhashi, J. (1989). Nutritional requirements of insect cell lines in vitro. In: Invertebrate Cell System Applications, Vol. I (Ed. Mitsuhashi, J.), pp. 3-20; CRC Press; Boca Raton; Sohi, S. S. (1995). Development of lepidopteran cell lines. In: Baculovirus Expression Protocols (Ed. Richardson, C. D.), Human Press, pp 397-413
Notes
Morphology: epitheloid cells, attached, form monolayer; Karyology: chromosome number, mode = 80, range = 54-170
Medium
Grace's insect medium + 025% (w/v) tryptose broth + 12 % FBS
Cell Culture Collection
Daniel Doucet, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada.
Dan.Doucet@NRCan.gc.ca
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Replicates Autographa californica multiple nucleohedrovirus (AcMNPV)
