Experimental Plant Division, RIKEN BRC
http://epd.brc.riken.jp/en/
E-mail: plant.brc@riken.jp

Plant Cultured Cell Lines Preserved in RIKEN BRC*
Plant name

Cell line

BRC No.

SpeciesSpeciﬁc features (provided by the depositors)

Medium type

Restriction**

AmaranthH440

rpc00065

Amaranthus

Cells maintained without plant hormones, betacyanin production (dark red)gellan gum

b1 + b3 + e

Arabidopsis

T87

rpc00008

Arabidopsis thaliana

Accession Columbia, partial chloroplast development under the light condition

liquidaYG1

rpc00050

Arabidopsis thalianaAccession Columbia, cells maintained under the dark condition

liquidb1

gnom

rpc00055

Arabidopsis thaliana

Cell line derived from gnom mutant

agare

At tomrpc00056

Arabidopsis thaliana

Accession Columbia tom1 (EMS) tom3 (EMS) thh1 (T-DNA) triple mutant,inhibition of tobamovirus multiplication

liquidb1

MM2drpc00103

Arabidopsis thaliana

Cell cycle synchronization, genetic transformation

liquidb1 + b2 + e

MM2d-LS

rpc00104

Arabidopsis thaliana

MM2d-derived cell line, Cell cycle synchronization, genetic transformation

liquidb1 + b2 + e

Asp-86rpc00010

Asparagus oﬃcinalis[not available]

agar

aA.pasrpc00023

Asparagus pastorianus

–

agar

aA.perrpc00022

Asparagus persicus

–

agar

aA.plorpc00024

Asparagus plocamoides

–

agar

aAthyrium

AY-01

rpc00100

Athyrium yokoscense

Fern cell line, high cadmium tolerance

liquidaBambooPb

rpc00048

Phyllostachys bambusoides

High accumulation of β-1,3-glucan in cell wall

liquidb1

Pn

rpc00047

Phyllostachys nigra

High accumulation of β-1,3-glucan in cell wall

liquidb1

Bruguiera

BsLs

rpc00087

Bruguiera sexangula

Suspension cell line derived from a mangrove species, high salt tolerance

liquidb1

Carrotkurodagosun

rpc00002

Daucus carota

Embryogenic cells

liquidaNC

rpc00101

Daucus carota

Non-embryogenic cells

liquidb1

Ceratopteris

Cr-AH

rpc00102

Ceratopteris richardii

Fern cell lineliquidb1 + eCherry tree

Co460

rpc00053

Prunus × yedoensis

Cells maintained without plant hormones, anthocyanin production (dark red)gellan gum

b1 + b3 + e

Commelina

TA416

rpc00068

Commelina communis

Cells maintained without plant hormones, anthocyanin production (dark blue)

gellan gum

b1 + b3 + e

CoptisCjrpc00054

Coptis japonica

High berberine production and accumulation in vacuolesagara156-S

rpc00069

Coptis japonica

Transgenic cell line over-expressing Coptis SMT gene, high berberine production(yellow)

liquidb1 + b2 + e

Dandelion

ToF

rpc00064

Taraxacum oﬃcinale

Anthocyanin production (dark purple)

agar

aDuboisiaDm

rpc00059

Duboisia myoporoides

Naringenin glycosylation, tropine acetylation, conversion of L-rhamnose to Dglucose

agar

b1Glehnia

GlWrpc00057

Glehnia littoralis

Anthocyanin-non-producing (white) cells, production of coumarin derivatives
by stress treatment

agarb1

Asparagus

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Plant name

Cell line

BRC No.

SpeciesSpeciﬁc features (provided by the depositors)

Medium type

Restriction**

Glehnia

GlV

rpc00058

Glehnia littoralis

Anthocyanin-producing (violet) cells, production of coumarin derivatives

agar

b1

GrapeVR

rpc00003

Vitis

High anthocyanin production

agaraVW

rpc00004

Vitis

Low anthocyanin production

agaraYU-1

rpc00049

Vitis vinifera

Vigorous cell growthliquideGe

rpc00060

Glycyrrhiza echinata

Retrochalcone production (yellow) by elicitor treatment

agaraAk-1

rpc00061

Glycyrrhiza echinata

Medicarpin production by elicitor treatment

agarb1

Ljrpc00032

Lotus japonicus–

liquidb2

LjA

rpc00033

Lotus japonicus

–

agar

b2

LjmA

rpc00034

Lotus japonicus–

agarb2

Mint

Mar-1

rpc00013

Mentha arvensis

High alkaline phosphodiesterase activity

agara

Peach

P468

rpc00066

Prunus persica

Cells maintained without plant hormones, anthocyanin production (dark red)gellan gum

b1 + b3 + ePeriwinkle

CRA

rpc00014

Catharanthus roseus–liquidaV208

rpc00015

Catharanthus roseus

Crown gall cells (Agrobacterium tumefaciens A208), brassinosteroid production

liquidaPAR

rpc00005

Phytolacca americana

High betacyanin production (red)

agar

aPAP

rpc00006

Phytolacca americana

Moderate betacyanin production (pink)

agar

aPAW

rpc00007

Phytolacca americana

Low betacyanin production (white)agar

aM18-1

rpc00037

Lithospermum erythrorhizon

High shikonin production

agarb1 + b2

OM

rpc00038

Lithospermum erythrorhizon

Low shikonin production

agarb2OS-1

rpc00020

Oryza sativa

–

agar

aOc

rpc00031

Oryza sativa

Cells used for nurse culture, phytosulphokine-α production, high capacity toconvert IAM to IAA

liquidaPSB

rpc00025

Sesamum indicum

–

agar

aPSW

rpc00026

Sesamum indicum

–

agar

aPSG

rpc00027

Sesamum indicum

–

agar

aSoybean

DG330

rpc00051

Glycine max

Cells maintained without plant hormones, daidzein and genistein productiongellan gum

b1 + b3 + e

SpinachSpi-WT

rpc00016

Spinacia oleracea–liquidaSpi-I-1

rpc00017

Spinacia oleraceaNitrate reductase deﬁciency

agaraSpi-12F

rpc00018

Spinacia oleracea

Nitrate reductase deﬁciency

liquidaLcy-1

rpc00019

Luﬀa cylindrica[not available]

agar

aLcyD6rpc00028

Luﬀa cylindrica

–

agar

a

LcyD7

rpc00029

Luﬀa cylindrica

–

agar

a

Liquorice
Lotus

Pokeweed

PuccoonRice

SesameSponge gourd

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Plant name

Cell line

BRC No.

SpeciesSpeciﬁc features (provided by the depositors)

Medium type

Restriction**

Strawberry

SB489

rpc00067

Fragaria × ananassa

Cells maintained without plant hormones, anthocyanin production (dark red)gellan gum

b1 + b3 + eTobacco

G89

rpc00044

Nicotiana glauca–

agaraBY-2rpc00001

Nicotiana tabacum

Rapid cell proliferation

liquidaT-13

rpc00009

Nicotiana tabacum

Coumarin production

liquidaXan-1

rpc00035

Nicotiana tabacum

–

agar

aBY-2H

rpc00036

Nicotiana tabacum

Habituated BY-2 cell line growing without plant hormones

agar

aGV7

rpc00039

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing GFP-AtVAM3 that visualizes vacuolar
membranes

liquidb1 + e

GF11rpc00040Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing GFP-AtFim1 that visualizes actin ﬁlaments

liquidb1 + eGT16

rpc00041

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing GFP-tubulin α that visualizes microtubules

liquidb1 + eTBY2-AtRER1B

rpc00042

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing GFP-AtRer1B that visualizes Golgi bodies

gellan gum

b13n-3rpc00043

Nicotiana tabacum

Crown gall cells (Agrobacterium tumefaciens A208)

agara

BY-TIPG

rpc00062

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing NtTIP1;1-GFP that visualizes vacuolar
membraneliquidb1 + eNI

rpc00084

Nicotiana tabacum

Photoautotrophic cell line

liquidb1 + b2 + e

ATR-r

rpc00085

Nicotiana tabacum

Atrazine- and 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea-resistant NI cell line

liquidb1 + b2 + e

NaCl-rrpc00086

Nicotiana tabacum

NaCl-adapted NI cell line

liquidb1 + b2 + e

TBY2-31/ST

rpc00091

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing GFP-AtSYP31 and ST-mRFP that visualize
cis- and trans-Golgi, respectively

liquidb1

TBY2-41/ST

rpc00093

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing GFP-AtSYP41 and ST-mRFP that visualizetrans-Golgi network and trans-Golgi, respectively

liquidb1

TBY2-R31

rpc00095

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing mRFP-AtSYP31 that visualizes cis-Golgi

liquidb1

Sly-1

rpc00012

Solanum lycopersicum

High alkaline phosphodiesterase activity

agara

GCR26

rpc00045

Solanum lycopersicum–liquidb1

GCR237rpc00046

Solanum lycopersicum

Inhibition of viral RNA replication by plant resistance gene Tm-1

liquidb1

TurmericCl

rpc00052

Curcuma longa

Rapid cell proliferation, yellow pigment accumulation

agar

aVincaVma-1

rpc00021

Vinca major–agara

Watermelon

Cba-1

rpc00011

Citrullus battichHigh alkaline phosphodiesterase activity

agar

a

ZinniaZE3

rpc00030

Zinnia elegans

–agar

a

Tomato*Web catalog: https://plant.rtc.riken.jp/resource/cell_line/cell_line_list.html**Restriction: a, no speciﬁc restriction; b1, citation of designated manuscript in user’s publications required; b2, acknowledgement to the depositor and/or the developer in user’s publications
required; b3, approval form with speciﬁc terms and conditions from the depositor required; c, approval form from the developer required; e, form(s) speciﬁc to the resource required
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