Guidelines
CELL LINES
PLANT CELL LINES
PLANT VIRUSES
PLASMIDS
PHAGES
MICROORGANISMS
GENOMIC LIBRARIES
PROCEDURES
CATALOGUE
CABRI Guidelines for Catalogue Production
Guidelines prepared for CABRI by BCCM, CBS, CERDIC, DSMZ, ECACC, HGMP, INRC, MSDN
Page layout by CERDIC
| Data input & authentication | Flat file preparation | Flat file submission |
MDS for animal & human cell lines
| Field | Field label | Contents |
| Cell line name | Cell_line_name |
should contain: - name of the cell line as given by the depositor |
| Accession number | Accession_number | should contain the collections� own accession No or cell code |
| Brief description | Brief_description |
should contain ["brief" listing]: - species - strain - tissue - tumour - pathology - transformed/ transfected |
| Description and other remarks on the cell line | Description |
should contain ["verbose" listing]: - species - strain - tissue - tumour - pathology - transformed/ transfected - age - sex - derived from |
| Depositor name and address | Depositor |
should contain: - depositor name - address of the Institution |
| Reference paper | Bibliographic_references |
should contain: - the original paper [if available] |
| Morphology and growth characteristics | Morphology |
should contain: - morphology - growth characteristics (monolayer, suspension, etc.) |
| Culture conditions | Culture_conditions |
should contain: - culture medium - subculture routine - incubation - harvest |
| Viruses | Viruses |
should contain: - absence/presence - type of virus |
| Properties | Properties |
should contain: - immunology - receptors - susceptibility to viruses |
| Release conditions/ Restrictions | Release_conditions |
should contain: - release conditions/restrictions - patents |
| Hazard | Hazard |
should contain: - hazard classification of the cell line [e.g. class II containment] - EU related hazard information rules - country-specific related hazard information rules |
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