FB2025_01 , released February 20, 2025
Cell Line: Sg4
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General Information
Symbol
Sg4
Species
D. melanogaster
Feature type
cultured cell-line
FlyBase ID
FBtc0000179
Source
Oregon R
(Cherbas, 2008.11.12)
Tissue Source
embryo
(Cherbas, 2008.10.15)
Developmental Stage
embryonic stage
(Cherbas, 2008.11.12)
Lab of Origin

Arndt-Jovin

(Cherbas, 2008.10.15)
Characterization
Sex
male (based on expression levels of roX genes, msl-2 and traF; splicing patterns of tra and Sxl)
(Stoiber et al., 2016, Lee et al., 2014)
Karyotype
Associated Genes (0)
    Integrated Constructs (0)
      Comments

      Expression profiling by genome tiling array for this cell line (response to 5 hr ecdysone treatment) may be found at GEO: GSE16269 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE11280).

      (Stoiber et al., 2016)

      Expression profiling by genome tiling array for this cell line may be found at GEO: GSE16289 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE16289).

      (Cherbas et al., 2011)

      Sg4 cells are a clone of S2. They differ from the S2-DGRC line in many transcriptional properties, among them a higher expression of Abd-B in Sg4, and a much higher expression of defensins in S2.

      (Cherbas, 2008.11.12)
      Parental Lines (1)
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      Descendant Lines (6)
      External Stocks and Resources ( 3 )
      Crossreferences
      Cellosaurus - Cellosaurus is a knowledge resource on cell lines that attempts to describe all cell lines used in biomedical research.
      DGRC - Stock center for Drosophila cDNAs, vectors, and cell lines
      RRID - Research Resource Identification Portal
      Synonyms and Secondary IDs (8)
      References (43)