Culture of mouse embryonic stem cells

Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Tremml, Gabi ^a   Singer, Matthew ^a   Malavarca, Richard ^a  

^a MILLIPORE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accutase; Chemically defined media; Enzyme free dissociation solution; ESGRO complete; Fetal bovine serum (FBS); Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF); Mouse embryonic stem cell (mESC); Murine embryonic fibroblasts (MEF); Trypsin EDTA

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLONY FORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SERUM;

BOVINAE; MURINAE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; SERUM;

EID: 54449098331     PISSN: 19417322     EISSN: 19388969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470151808.sc01c04s5     Document Type: Review

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