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Abstract
Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells are used to generate mouse mutants by gene targeting and blastocyst-mediated transgenesis. ES cells must be cultured under conditions that prevent differentiation to maintain their ability to transmit altered alleles by contributing to the germ line. This unit describes one of the most common methods for culturing ES cells using mouse embryo fibroblast (MEF) feeder layers and recombinant leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) to prevent differentiation.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 18265204 DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb2303s51
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Protoc Mol Biol ISSN: 1934-3647