BALB/c Mouse - CISMeF

Preferred Label : BALB/c Mouse;

NCIt synonyms : BALB c Mouse;

NCIt related terms : BALB/c;

NCIt definition : Derived from albino mice stocks originally disseminated by Bagg (1913) to Snell in 1932 that has an albino coat with genotype A,b,c. The BALB/c mouse develops plasmacytomas upon injection with mineral oil, which form the mouse cell component of the mouse-human hybrid cells that are used in the production of monoclonal antibodies. This strain exhibits excellent breeding performance and a long life span which contribute to its being one of the most highly utilized of all available mouse strains.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Derived from albino mice stocks originally disseminated by Bagg (1913) to Snell in 1932 that has an albino coat with genotype A,b,c.;

Details

Origin ID

C37357;

UMLS CUI

C0025919;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- mice, inbred BALB C [MeSH concept]
- mice, inbred balb c [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Mammal [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- mice, inbred BALB C [MeSH concept]
- mice, inbred balb c [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SEND Laboratory Animal Strain Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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