Mycoplasma contamination of murine embryonic stem cells affects cell parameters, germline transmission and chimeric progeny

Transgenic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-87

  Markoullis, Kyriaki ^a   Bulian, Diana ^a   Hölzlwimmer, Gabriele ^a   Quintanilla Martinez, Leticia ^a   Heiliger, Katrin Janine ^a   Zitzelsberger, Horst ^a   Scherb, Hagen ^a   Mysliwietz, Josef ^a   Uphoff, Cord C ^b   Drexler, Hans G ^b   Adler, Thure ^c   Busch, Dirk H ^a,c   Schmidt, Jörg ^a   Mahabir, Esther ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures ^*  (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimeras; Germline transmission; Murine embryonic stem cells; Mycoplasmas

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERA; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GERM CELL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERA; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICE; MYCOPLASMA; PREGNANCY;

MURINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA ORALE; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 58349099602     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-008-9218-z     Document Type: Article

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