UCR-SE-1
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
Beet armyworm
Primary Designation
UCR-SE-1
Accession No.
CVCL_Z311
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
W. D. Gelernter
References
Gelernter, W. D., & Federici, B. A. (1986). Continuous cell line from Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) that supports replication of nuclear polyhedrosis viruses from Spodoptera exigua and Autographa californica. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 48(2), 199-207; Hink, W. F., Thomsen, D. R., Davidson, D. J., Meyer, A. L., & Castellino, F. J. (1991). Expression of three recombinant proteins using baculovirus vectors in 23 insect cell lines. Biotechnology progress, 7(1), 9-14.
Notes
Morphology: cell line consists of a mixture of two cell types, epithelial-like cells and spindle-shaped cells; Growth characteristics: cell line has a population doubling time of 56 hr.
Medium
IPL-41 + 10% FBS
Cell Culture Collection
Robert Harrison, USDA, ARS, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
robert.l.harrison@usda.gov
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Replicates Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) and Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV)
