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

YG1-crpc00111

Arabidopsis thaliana

Callus cell line derived from YG1 suspension cell line, cells maintained under
the dark conditiongellan gum

b1

At tom-c

rpc00112

Arabidopsis thaliana

Callus cell line derived from At tom suspension cell line, inhibition of tobamovirus multiplicationgellan gum

b1

A.pas

rpc00023

Asparagus pastorianus

–

agar

aA.perrpc00022

Asparagus persicus

–

agar

aA.plorpc00024

Asparagus plocamoides

–

agara

Asp-86rpc00010

Asparagus oﬃcinalis[not available]

agaraAthyrium

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 line

liquidb1 + 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

CoptisCj

rpc00054

Coptis japonica

High berberine production and accumulation in vacuoles

agar

aAsparagus

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Cell line

BRC No.

SpeciesSpeciﬁc features (provided by the depositors)

Medium type

Restriction**

156-S

rpc00069

Coptis japonica

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

liquidb1 + b2 + eDandelion

ToF

rpc00064

Taraxacum oﬃcinale

Anthocyanin production (dark purple)

agar

a

DuboisiaDm

rpc00059

Duboisia myoporoides

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

agar

b1

Glehnia

GlW

rpc00057

Glehnia littoralis

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

agar

b1

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 growthliquide

YU-1-crpc00110

Vitis vinifera

Callus cell line derived from YU-1 suspension cell line, vigorous cell growthgellan gumeGe

rpc00060

Glycyrrhiza echinata

Retrochalcone production (yellow) by elicitor treatment

agar

aAk-1rpc00061

Glycyrrhiza echinata

Medicarpin production by elicitor treatment

agarb1

Lj

rpc00032

Lotus japonicus–

liquidb2

LjA

rpc00033

Lotus japonicus–

agarb2

LjmA

rpc00034

Lotus japonicus–

agarb2

Mint

Mar-1

rpc00013

Mentha arvensis

High alkaline phosphodiesterase activity

agaraPeachP468

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)

agaraPAW

rpc00007

Phytolacca americana

Low betacyanin production (white)agar

aM18-1

rpc00037

Lithospermum erythrorhizon

High shikonin production

agar

b1 + b2

OM

rpc00038

Lithospermum erythrorhizon

Low shikonin productionagarb2OS-1

rpc00020

Oryza sativa–agaraOc

rpc00031

Oryza sativa

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

liquidaPSB

rpc00025

Sesamum indicum

–

agar

aLiquorice

Lotus

Pokeweed

PuccoonRice

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Plant name

Cell line

BRC No.

SpeciesSpeciﬁc features (provided by the depositors)

Medium type

Restriction**

PSW

rpc00026

Sesamum indicum

–

agar

aPSG

rpc00027

Sesamum indicum–

agaraSoybean

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 oleracea

Nitrate reductase deﬁciency

agar

a

Spi-12F

rpc00018

Spinacia oleracea

Nitrate reductase deﬁciency

liquidaLcyD6rpc00028

Luﬀa cylindrica

–

agar

aLcyD7rpc00029

Luﬀa cylindrica

–

agar

a

Lcy-1

rpc00019

Luﬀa cylindrica[not available]

agara

Strawberry

SB489

rpc00067

Fragaria × ananassa

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

b1 + b3 + eTobacco

G89

rpc00044

Nicotiana glauca

–

agar

a

BY-2rpc00001

Nicotiana tabacum

Rapid cell proliferation

liquidaT-13

rpc00009

Nicotiana tabacum

Coumarin production

liquidaXan-1

rpc00035

Nicotiana tabacum–agaraBY-2H

rpc00036

Nicotiana tabacum

Habituated BY-2 cell line growing without plant hormones

agaraGV7

rpc00039

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

liquidb1 + eGF11

rpc00040

Nicotiana 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

liquidb1TBY2-31/ST(E)rpc00092

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

liquidb1

Sponge gourd

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Plant name

Cell line

BRC No.

SpeciesSpeciﬁc features (provided by the depositors)

Medium type

Restriction**

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

TBY2-31/41

rpc00097

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing GFP-AtSYP31 and mRFP-AtSYP41 thatvisualizecis-Golgi and trans-Golgi network, respectively

liquidb1

topless3-GFP

rpc00098

Nicotiana tabacumTransgenic BY-2 cell line expressing NtTPL3-GFP

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-1liquidb1

TurmericCl

rpc00052

Curcuma longa

Rapid cell proliferation, yellow pigment accumulation

agaraVinca

Vma-1

rpc00021

Vinca major

–

agar

a

Watermelon

Cba-1

rpc00011

Citrullus battichHigh alkaline phosphodiesterase activity

agar

a

ZinniaZE3

rpc00030

Zinnia elegans

–

agar

aTomato*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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