Zebra fish (Danio rerio): Eye (DRE), Fin (DRF) and Gill (DRG) Cell Lines


Applications: Virus propagation, toxicological studies and Gene expression.

Deposited at: CAHC Repository, Melvishram and NBFGR, Lucknow, India

Species: Zebra fish (Danio rerio)

Special Characters:

  • Optimum temperature     -    28°C
  • Chromosomal number    -    50 (2n) (Endo and Ingalls, 1968)
  • Transfection efficiency   -    High
  • Authentication                -    By PCR using primer sets of 12S rRNA gene

References:
    Nambi, K.S.N., S.A.Majeed, G.Taju, S.Sivasubbu, N.Sunder Raj, N.Madan and A.S.Sahul Hameed, 2015. Development and use of retinal pigmented epithelial cell line from zebrafish (Danio rerio) for evaluating the toxicity of ultraviolet – B. Zebrafish, (In Press)

Developed by
Dr.A.S. Sahul Hameed, C. Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam – 632 509 Tamil Nadu, India.