UIV-SL-373
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
African cotton leafworm
Primary Designation
UIV-SL-373
Accession No.
CVCL_AV44
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
D. L. Knudson
References
Knudson, D. L., Lescott T., Tinsley T.W. (1980). Establishment of a continuous cell line from Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). In Vitro 16:369-370; Lynn, D (2007) Available lepidopteran cell lines. In: Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 338: Baculovirus and Insect Cell Expression Protocols (Ed. Murhammar, D. W.), Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ, pp 117-138.
Notes
Morphology: this cell line consists mostly of epithelial-like, fibroblastlike, spherical, and spindle shaped cells; Karyology: mostly polyploid; contains both macro- and microchromosomes that lack distinct centromeres.
Medium
TC100 + 10% FCS
Cell Culture Collection
D. L. Knudson, Unit of Invertebrate Virology, N.E.R.C., OX1 3UB, Oxford, England.
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Replicates Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV), Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV), Spodoptera littoralis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SlMNPV or SpliMNPV), and Trichoplusia ni single nucleopolyhedrovirus (TnSNPV)
