---
id: "cellosaurus_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science", "medical"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/cellosaurus_id"
---

# Cellosaurus accession (RRID:CVCL) (`cellosaurus_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Accession of a cell line in Cellosaurus, the cell line knowledge resource of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics: CVCL_ and four characters. It is also the research resource identifier RRID:CVCL_xxxx.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science), Medical/pharma identifiers (medical)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^CVCL_[A-Z\d][A-Z\d][A-Z\d][A-Z\d]$
```

## Examples

- `CVCL_0030` — HeLa
- `CVCL_0440` — MRC-5

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `cellosaurus`
- wikidata: `P3289`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellosaurus>
- doc: <https://www.cellosaurus.org/>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3289>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/cellosaurus_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/cellosaurus_id.yaml>